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Religion 1006- Primal
Religion 1006- Primal religions review guide
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2010

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Term
how many years?
Definition
3 millions
Term
three names
Definition

Primal

Tribal

Oral

Term
where?
Definition
Africa, Australia, SE Asia, Pacific Islands, Siberia, Native America
Term
significance of primal religions
Definition

most religious experience was primal

still affecting human unconscious

modern society can learn from them

Term
orality
Definition

recognition and memory

sensing the sacred

(epistemology)

Term
methodology
Definition

oral

sacred traditions not written down

Term
Levi-Strauss
Definition
removing objects from sacred places destroys the order of the universe
Term
cosmological place
Definition
cosmic order extends to sacred places
Term
time
Definition

not cyclical

not progressing to a better future

Term
the past
Definition

whatever is closer is the source of all

causal sequences, not temporal

Term
teleology (purpose)
Definition
to return to eternal time/original condition
Term
Black Elk's perspective
Definition
no object is what it appears to be, but it is simply the pale shadow of a Reality
Term
wakan
Definition
holy
Term
religious activity of Australian aborinigies
Definition
The Dreaming
Term
everywhen
Definition

no change

(Australia)

Term
key pint of Australia
Definition
identifying with and participating in the archetypal patterns of behavior
Term
problems/misconceptions
Definition

global holocaust

thought of as primitive, uncivilized, savage

thought of as polytheistic

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