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19 Cards in this Set
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Worldview |
The collective body of ideas that members of a culture generally share concerning the ultimate shape and substance of their reality |
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Religion |
An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with Associated ceremonial practices by which people try to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe otherwise beyond their control |
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Spirituality |
Concern with the sacred, as distinguished from Material matters. Contrast to religion spirituality is often individual rather than Collective and does not require a distinctive format or traditional organization |
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Animism |
A belief that nature is animated by distinct personalized Spirit beings separable from bodies |
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Animatism |
A belief that nature is enlivened and/or energized by an impersonal spiritual power or Supernatural potency |
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Priest or Priestess |
A full-time religious specialist formally recognized for their role in guiding the religious practices of others and for contacting and influencing Supernatural powers |
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Shaman |
A person who enters an altered state of consciousness at will to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power, and to help others |
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Taboo |
The prohibition which if not observed leads to a penalty inflicted by Magic spiritual force or religion |
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Rite of passage |
A ritual that marks an important stage in an individual's life cycle, such as birth, marriage, and death |
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Separation |
In a rite of passage, the ritual removal of an individual from society |
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Transition |
In a rite of passage isolation of the individual following separation and prior to Incorporation |
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Incorporation |
In a rite of passage reincorporation of the individual into Society in their new status |
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Rite of intensification |
A ritual that takes place during a crisis in the life of the group and serves to bind them together |
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Imitative Magic |
Magic based on the principle that like produces like. Sometimes called sympathetic Magic |
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Contagious Magic |
Magic based on the principle that things or persons once in contact can influence each other after the contact is broken |
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Witchcraft |
An explanation of events based on the belief that certain individuals possess an innate psychic power capable of causing harm, including sickness and death |
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Divination |
A ritual designed to find out what is not knowable by ordinary means, such as foretelling the future by interpreting Omens |
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Revitalization movement |
A movement for radical cultural reform in response to widespread social disruption and Collective feelings of great stress and despair |
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Cargo cult |
A spiritual movement in reaction to destructive contact with Western capitalism, promising resurrection of deceased relatives, destruction or enslavement of white foreigners, and the Magical arrival of utopian riches |
