Essays Tagged: "rituals"

Voodoo

o adopt Catholicism. Desiring to keep their native practices, the slaves continued to perform their rituals in private. They transposed Catholic saints onto the tribal deities, called loa, to please t ... ation of the saints added something new to their religion. Because of this they included into their rituals statues of the saints, candles, and other Christian relics. It is combinations like this tha ...

(2 pages) 119 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Egyptian Religion

the AncientEgyptian's religion can be divided into the five elements of religion:authority, faith, rituals, moral code, and concept of the deity.First, the authority of the Egyptian religion. The mai ... e".Therefore the characteristics of the Egyptian faith are very strict.The Egyptians performed many rituals that characterize their religion.First, when a person died, their body was mummified, the 'm ...

(4 pages) 131 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Spartacus

man, people have had their own forms of religion. Be it simpleceremonial burial or complex blessing rituals, each person had their own way to explain thewonders of nature like, how did we come here an ... tal civilization. Consequently,the religions of these civilizations were evolved around sacrificial rituals and allegiance tobrutal gods. The Assyrian civilization worked around this principle. They u ...

(4 pages) 65 1 3.2 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Islam More Than A Religion

mericans know little or nothing about Islam, they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim ...

(5 pages) 938 8 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Rites of Passage

s well. Many changes take place during the span of a persons life. They become rites of passage and rituals of initiation-which are more than just simple changes. A plethora of come with these rites a ... rive the Kurnai and the Shashoni to believe that they are entering adulthood the correct way. Their rituals are what they know as the correct way of moving into that next stage. If there were no cerem ...

(6 pages) 170 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Common Pagan Rituals and Beliefs

covens, to practice pagan rites and ceremonies with others. There are manyancient beliefs, archaic rituals, and forgotten traditions that are practiced by pagans. Many of these arealso the origins of ... To support this belief are many other more specificbeliefs that help the individual learn and grow.Rituals and traditions also play a large role in Wiccan lives and activities. The most common ofthes ...

(6 pages) 162 1 4.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Significance of Ritual in North American Indian Religion

ecially true when studying North American Indian religions where there is an abundance of elaborate rituals that play a significant role in their culture. By closely examining the details and symbolis ... asic understanding of what is seen to be of value in a certain theology. While most Native American rituals tend to be mono-cultural, there are a few rituals that frequently appear in many different r ...

(7 pages) 217 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Hinduism and beliefs

ge 1Hindu BeliefsA. Hindu Gods Page 1B. Life Before and After Death Page 2C. The Caste System Page 2Rituals of Life in Hinduism Page 3 & 4WorshipA. Daily Obligations Page 4B. Daily Rituals Page 4C ... riya'sWarriorsthighs = Vaisya'sSkilled workers and Tradersfeet = Shudra'sUnskilled workers, servantsRituals of Life in HinduismThe name for the series of rituals for various phases in a Hindus life is ...

(10 pages) 496 2 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

Evita

ren. Evita Peron,the wife of President Juan Peron, would sit at her desk and begin one of the great ritualsof Peronism, the political movement she and her husband created. It was a pageant thatsustain ...

(7 pages) 137 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - AN ANALYSIS OF CULTS

The basic meaning of a cult is the worship of a deity or the rituals of that worship. It has been used to refer to unorthodox or unconventional groups whose beli ...

(5 pages) 192 0 3.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Sight and Sound. Lauren Graft.This essays describes the importance of film score and how music is used to manipulate an audience into having emotions.

Even before film, music has been used to enhance dances, rituals, ceremonies and plays because of music's ability to characterize certain settings and determ ...

(22 pages) 355 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

sophers even believed that a soul of a sinner can enter a live man's body and 'posses' him. Special rituals were used in order to 'cure' the man.T. Gomertz, a famous philosopher, thought of three very ... ses someone. It stays in this state until it either completes its mission or is banished by special rituals which are performed by the Rabby.This belief was most popular in the 16th century. At that p ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Reincarnation in Different Cultures and Religions

sophers even believed that a soul of a sinner can enter a live man's body and 'posses' him. Special rituals were used in order to 'cure' the man.T. Gomertz, a famous philosopher, thought of three very ... ses someone. It stays in this state until it either completes its mission or is banished by special rituals which are performed by the Rabby.This belief was most popular in the 16th century. At that p ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Vision Of Emma Blau, by Ursula Hegi

man immigrants attempting to assimilate while still preserving traces of home in their language and rituals. In 1894 Stefan Blau leaves Europe for America; he is only 13 years old, but he feels the ne ...

(3 pages) 27 0 4.2 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors

ts who mostlyritualize) and obsessives (those who think ofsomething over and over again) rarely haverituals or thoughts about nuetral questions orbehaviors. What are their rituals about? Thereare seve ... thoughts, often thoughts aboutunacceptable violent, sexual, or crude behavior.When the thoughts and rituals of OCD areintense, the victim's work and home lifedisintigrate. Obsessions are persistant,se ...

(7 pages) 229 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Nazca Art

In its florescence Cahuachi was a ceremonial place where theNazca would go and meet to conduct rituals or do business; since the average citizen did not live within thecity. Eventually Cahuach ... In its florescence Cahuachi was a ceremonial place where theNazca would go and meet to conduct rituals or do business; since the average citizen did not live within thecity. Eventually Cahuach ...

(15 pages) 85 0 3.9 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

"KKK" The Ku Klux Klan. The origin of the Klan and what they pursued

ed a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee. This KKK only lasted ashort six years, but left tactics and rituals that later started in generations. (Ingalls, 9) The Klanwas a small group very much in secre ...

(7 pages) 224 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Twentieth Century Music and It's Reflection of History

many hundreds of years, man has enjoyed and played music for various reasons: meditation, dancing, rituals, entertainment, to express feelings, to reflect on past events and to show what is happening ...

(8 pages) 240 0 4.1 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Televisons Positive Affects on Society

ores the ways in which television has harmfully caused disruptions with the quality of family life, rituals, and values. She recognizes there is a problem with our society and the way in which it is c ...

(3 pages) 110 1 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Serial Killers

killers are the mostfamous of all murderers because of their mass numbers of victims and their odd rituals ofkilling. What is a serial killer? A serial killer falls into two categories: psychotics an ... orse. He bigamouslymarried three of the women he had met through the ads in the paper. None of theserituals could fully sexually appease him so Fish turned to molesting children andcannibalism. After ...

(16 pages) 296 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology