Ritual Practices
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Early Mormonism rejected, over a remarkably short period of time, Christian marriage’s traditional role as a defense against carnality. When the medieval Christian church systematized the sacraments, it created a fork in the road of... more
Resumen: en los sistemas religiosos de inspiración afro, como el espiritismo cruzao, la santería, el palo monte y el vodou, entre otros, la oralidad ocupa un lugar relevante. Esto se puede apreciar en diferentes niveles, como la enseñanza... more
I denne boken tar Audun Kjus oss til 1200-tallet og til innføringen av dødsstraff og strafferett i Norge. Boken handler om lovgivning, henrettelsesmåter og kongelig benådning. Samtidig får vi et innblikk i middelalderens ideologi og... more
The rough text, in English language, of the student seminar delivered at the Banja Luka Political Science Department - April 2013. The seminar explains the key parameters of the US foreign policy in terms of a 'ritual identity' that's... more
Alevi inanç sisteminde dem, dolu gibi isimlerle adlandırılan ve Alevi cemlerinde önemli bir yere olan içki kültü üzerine oluşturulan ritüeller ve inanç pratikleri mevcuttur. Alevi inanç sistemindeki içki kültüne bazı yayınlarda... more
In the Negev and Sinai deserts, excavations of tens of cult and burial sites, radiometrically dated to the 6th to 3rd millennia BC, have yielded assemblages of artefacts and faunal remains. Many of the objects can confidently be... more
First published in 1988, this volume redefined the anthropological study of menstrual customs. Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers,... more
Résumé Au Ladakh, le bouquetin est l’animal de loin le plus représenté sur les pétroglyphes. Chassé à l’arc, puis au fusil, c’était – jusqu’à l’interdiction de sa chasse en 1978 – un gibier très convoité, tant par les... more
The article will focus on the military suite identified in the necropolis from Alba Iulia- Emperor’s Spring/Crăcuta (10th – 11th cent.) From the 223 inhumation graves investigated so far, a number of them present as funerary inventory:... more
Lezing gehouden bij de eerste "School of Rituals" (Oktober 2015). Ritueel compentent verwijst zowel naar onze cultuur (we zijn in staat tot ritualiseren) als naar de professional (de ritueelbegeleider). In deze lazing exploreer ik met... more
This article is reproduced from the Second Edition of The Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Lindsay Jones (2005), v. 4, pp. 2369-2375, but is unchanged from its text in the First Edition, ed. Mircea Eliade (1987), v. 4, pp. 375-382, aside... more
Abstract: The paper examins traditional Ryukyuan Onarigami-belief which is the belief that a sister’s sacred spiritual power called Seji guards her brother from danger. It is regarded as the basis of Ryukyuan kinship system and the core... more
The development of this research project from 2006 to 2010 has produced solid data regarding the development of Numidian civilization at Althiburos and its immediate surrounds. The excavation at the capitolium area has provided a complete... more
Rituales afrovenezolanos para pagar promesas de salud y alcanzar bienestar comunitario La cultura de Venezuela se caracteriza por el crisol de sus tres principales afluentes históricos: el indígena, el ibérico y el proveniente de África... more
Poceski, Mario. Introdução às religiões chinesas. Fundação Editora da UNESP, Brazil, 2013.
Ritual Imagination is a study of spirit possession and ritual dynamics. Based on fieldwork in eastern Madagascar, Hilde Nielssen shows how tromba possession works as a flexible and fluid force, whose ritual imaginary playfully draws... more
Artykuł przedstawia analizę rytuału-zjawiska wypełniającego życie ludzkie od zarania dziejów. Zamiłowanie do rytuałów jest jedną z głównych cech ludzkości. Każda społeczność wykształ-ciła pewne rytuały, ponieważ to one stanowią o postawie... more
Abstract: The Saussurian adagio according to which linguistics is "le patron général de la sémiologie" is well known. To a certain extent, the verbal and non-verbal may be subjected to a common, semiolinguistic scheme of investigation.... more
One of four known ancient Maya books, the Grolier Codex depicts different manifestations of Venus; the column of glyphs on the left of each panel records days in a 104-year Venus almanac. These plaster-coated bark-paper pages,... more
Über die Kund*innen Freier Ritualanbieter*innen liegt bislang kaum empirisches Material vor. In diesem Beitrag wird der Versuch unternommen, die sehr heterogene Gruppe tendenzartig zu beschreiben. Zentrale Koordinaten sind dabei die... more
This article explores a previously unpublished text, found in the library of the Shinpukuji (Osu Kannon), in Nagoya. The Shido-kegyô is an initiation manual for esoteric monks written by the monk Hôren, active in the 14th century. As the... more
This article discusses the conditions of the genesis of the nineteenth century Wayana whip-dance, aiming for what Terence Turner coined “ethno-ethnohistory”, through the method of Neil Whitehead’s “ethnography of historical... more
The objective of this article is to show how mutual upbringing occurs between non-humans and humans, animals and humans, plants and humans, in a living territory cohabited by other entities that actively interact with humans. This... more
https://www.centrodeestudiosandaluces.es/publicaciones/el-mito-de-la-tierra-de-maria-santisima-religiosidad-popular-espectaculo-e-identidad El volumen ‘El mito de la tierra de María Santísima. Religiosidad popular, espectáculo e... more
Confirmation as a coming of age ceremony has deep roots in traditional popular Nordic culture. For hundreds of years Nordic state churches held the key to adulthood. Until 1912 in Norway and Denmark, young people could not legally marry,... more
The reconciliation of Ibn al-Kalbī's ninth-century CE text of on pre-Islamic Arabia with modern scholarship offers certain insights to religious practices in the Arabian Peninsula from prehistory through the seventh cenury CE This study... more
The Roman numismatic coins of the Silla History and Archaeology Museum (Valencia, Spain) are made public. It is a museum that gards coins which come from two archaeological excavations recently made in two villae located in its municipal... more