Ritual purification

The Northwest Indian Tribes were bustling about preparing for a potlatch. They were cooking meats, smoke rising out of the baskets in which they cooked. You could hear the, "Cha, cha,cha" of the lusciously dressed dancers practicing. They were all waiting for you to finish their totem pole. What is a potlatch? Potlatches are big ceremonial parties, that took a lot of money, and time to plan. In a potlatch,…

In A Discussion of Rites, Hsun Tzu discusses human desires and the way in which they are satiated through ritual. When a person is in constant struggles to fulfill their desires, that person loses control of their life. Since ancient times, rulers have noticed this, so they “established ritual principles… to train men’s desires and to provide for their satisfaction” (89). These kings also recognized that desires and material goods matter greatly to man, so “ both desires and goods were looked…

disease. People with OCD tend to double check things more than the normal person. A person with OCD might perform routines or rituals over and over. These rituals quiet the part of their brain causing the obsessions. An example would be someone who is obsessed with germs. They develop a compulsion to wash their hands multiple times a day. The obsession is with germs, and the ritual is the hand washing. OCD sometimes runs in families, but no one really knows what causes it. Cognitive behavior…

The venetian mask are known to be used during the venetian carnival in Venice Italy. It has been used use for centuries as a tradition that still carry out to this day.The mask back hen was manly use to hide people identity and social status during a party or gathering. But now the mask is being used for the carnival as a way to experience the culture of Venice. Not also the mask was used by the people but criminal as well, because one of the main thing the mask was meant for is hide their…

to promote themselves to a higher superior species, ritual becomes an essential part of human life. Yet, the majority of people comply with these practices regardless of the nature or the fundamental roots of them, whether it is benevolent or malevolent. In other words, superstitious and extremely religious individuals follow traditions blindly, which will consequently lead to social dissension and turmoil. According to Miller Williams, ritual is the indispensable factor for us as human beings…

Rituals- a word that may be considered a stereotype in majority of today’s society. Although, people mislead the symbolism of what rituals can mean to one’s culture, they are an extreme influence in their beliefs. In example, initiation rituals, “harsh, painful and traumatic” rituals in which can lead transformation in an individual’s life. American culture, a more modernized society in which practices initiation rites in different manners such as young men and women joining the army or…

Burial traditions vary across time and space. Looking at societies in similar stages of development, trends in how individuals of various statuses are buried become visible. In looking at a few of the Mississippian cultures and the famous tombs of King Tutankhamen and The Death Pit at Ur, one can explore how these trends and differences appear. Additionally, these case studies can be used to examine larger issues within the field of archeology -- such as looting and preservation -- and to…

dot. The black dot represented the sacrifice that you make for the benefit of the other people in the town. Mr Summers was eager to proceed with the rest of the ancient ritual of stoning the person who selects the slip with the black dot. The novel states, “ ‘Let's finish quickly.’ ...Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones... Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to…

attention given to the Nacirema culture, especially within higher academic circles, several aspects of their ethos have remained elusive and enigmatic. Of particular interest are the mysterious rituals undertaken by the Nacirema which often reveal the inner workings of their society as a whole. One such ritual is the daily attendance of a building known as a myg. Prior to firsthand study of myg buildings and those who attended them, practically nothing was known of the importance or use of the…

Initially I will present a description of theological instrumentalism and the motivations for advocating religious fiction as instrumentally valuable. One of the motivations for rejecting theism is the problem of evil. The problem of evil when treated as a fiction is thought to avoidable as the instrumentalist is the creator of his fictional world and so can exclude inconsistencies. I argue that the instrumentalist does not need to avoid the problem of evil and that it can be fictionally…