Magic Tribe Research Paper

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After a long day in village, full of learning from all-knowing masters, engaging in vigorous cleansing routines, and attempting to stay safe in the harsh social structure of the village. Once the time of day has come that the members many daily rituals and social interactions have come to an end, the members of the tribe all take part in one more ritual, far less tiring than their day of hard labor. As these tribe members retreat to their homes, either by themselves, with one other person, or in a small group, they turn to their magic boxes. Some families will have many of these boxes, enough for each member to take part in their worship separately. Others will only have one and need to take part in their worship together. Once the boxes are given an offering, they become shrines for worshiping their Gods. Tribe member’s using these magic boxes are given thousands of options on which God they’d like to worship at that time. …show more content…
Those who end their nights in worship by themselves are usually more lonely in life. This is the time that can pray to the god of companionship, or friends, to show them what it means to make and have acquaintances. Some members will end their night with one other person. These people usually have a relationship of the romantic sense so they worship the gods of romance using their shrine. Those who worship the gods of romance almost always worships together for years to come. When groups choose to enter worship together, they usually try to worship a god of something that they all enjoy, for example, the god of horror or

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