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Akan
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A member of a people inhabiting southern Ghana and adjacent parts of Ivory Coast. The Kwa language spoken by this people.
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Indigenous
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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native: "the indigenous peoples of Siberia".
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Holistic
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Derived from the same root as the words whole, heal, health, and holy. To be integrally connected, undivided.
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Shaman
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A person having access to, and influence in, the world of spirits, esp. among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Healer spiritual guide
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Nacirema
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Defined in McIntyre as a tribe of people living between Canada and Mexico who have bizarre ritual patterns that are centered around the belief that their bodies are ugly and how "sadistic witches" teach them ways to better their bodies and purify themselves. "Nacirema" is American backward and looks at our own culture from a different perspective.
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Symbols
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A concrete object or image that stands for something else. They reveal certain aspects of reality and are used all the time in real life.
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Myths
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Are symbolic stories and like dreams are a way of revealing truth in a symbolic manner. Therefore, like dreams or symbols, they are not always meant to be taken literally. Myths are to be taken seriously but not factually.
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Ritual
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Is a symbolic action or group of actions that are performed in an established pattern.
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Axis Mundi
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A symbol that is universal, the pole around which the world revolves and which seems to connect everyday, imminent, immediate world around us to the transcendent, other world beyond.
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Initiation Rite
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Represents the dying of childish ways and the rebirth into adulthood. The rituals associated with it make that very clear and also remind one of the ties to nature and the ancestors.
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Pilgrimage
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The journey undertaken to the sacred shrine for religious purposes.
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Sigmund Freud
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Dreams send you a message.
Unconscious talking to you. Ego-id-Super Ego |
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The Hero Cycle
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Home - leaves - obstacles/adventure - transformation - goes home with new knowledge
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Archetypes
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Symbol that are presented in all or most cultures.
eg. trees- life, axis mundi water- life, pure fire- destruction, hell; anger circles - balance, circle of life |
