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Rituals, Magic, and Myth Midterm
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
03/21/2010

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Ritual
Definition
In a religion, it addresses cultural anxieties
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The Dynamism of Ritual
Definition
It encompasses meaning or significance in a culture. It changes over time when new creations occur. It changes with the issues of appropriation for that time period.
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Rites of Passage
Definition
expression in small scale cyclical societies where there is a transition between states.
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Van Gennep's 3 phases
Definition
separation, margin, aggregation
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Symbolism of the Liminal Persona
Definition
Often modeled on human biological processes. The condition of ambiguity, paradox, neutrality.
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Douglas's theory of Contradition/polution
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human prima materia/ prototype of "sacred poverty."
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Neophte Social Structure
Definition
simple authority of tradition and anxiety values. Comradeship and passivity and absorption of gnosis.
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The communication of Sacra (3 issues to explore)
Definition
disproportion, monstrousness and mystery.
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The communication of Sacra (examples prompt reflection)
Definition
reduction, recombination and recombination---> abstraction encouraged acerrima which is an archetypal paradigm.
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