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Oannes (Adapa): The Mesopotamian Sage in Pasargad

Iranian South Medical Journal, 2022
Enki/Ea, the God of wisdom and deep had a prominent role in incantations and healing rituals. He was the creature of apkallus (the seven sages). These seven sages were distributing the wisdom and power of Enki/Ea among people.
Masoud Zare, Iraj Nabipour
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Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling, Harry Reddick, Giulia Bellinetti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LES REPRÉSENTATIONS DE LA SORCIÈRE DANS L’ŒUVRE D’ANNE HÉBERT [PDF]

Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Romanice, 2011
La sorcière est un personnage réel, avec une longue histoire derrière elle. Elle tient donc par cela du réel, fortement représentée dans la littérature, l’art, l’anthropologie, dans les croyances païennes et chrétiennes, dans toutes les civilisations ...
Anca MAGUREAN
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Incantation

, 2020
This music score was submitted for the Kaleidoscope 2020 Call for Scores, an open access collaboration with the UCLA Music Library.
openaire   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

The Innocence of Imagination?

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract According to a widely held view both within and outside philosophy, imagination is innocent in the sense that it does not influence what we think and do. Hence, we can let our imagination wander anywhere. There are two ways of pushing back against this ‘innocence of imagination’ claim.
Bence Nanay
wiley   +1 more source

Soul-foods as pharmaka: female bodies and poisons in the Upper Rio Negro

Journal de la Société des Américanistes
In this article, we explore the origins, properties, and ritual uses of a series of psychoactive substances among indigenous peoples of the Upper Rio Negro. Setting out from the mythical genesis of tobacco, coca, paricá, and caapi (ayahuasca), we examine
Pedro Lolli, Geraldo Andrello
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From dilemmas to paradoxes: A complex systems view of sustainability management in UK universities

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, universities have transformed from passive contributors to active participants in the global sustainability movement. However, the absence of robust theoretical frameworks and larger‐scale samples has limited the progress that universities can make towards becoming sustainable.
Antonia Voigt, Andrew MacLaren
wiley   +1 more source

The Lorscher Bienensegen is an Amulet: Using Manuscript Margins to Make Amulets

Manuscript and Text Cultures
The Old High German Lorscher Bienensegen or Lorsch bee incantation is one of the best-known examples of a text that uses the power of words to influence the behaviour of bees. During the tenth century, this text was written upside down in the margins of
Tim Hertogh
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Protective Iambic Incantations on Two Inscribed Octagonal Rings

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2015
A metrical charm against intestinal pain, attested elsewhere, can be recognized in two finger-rings of late antiquity.
Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
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