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Sorcery, Poison and Politics: Strategies of Self-Positioning in South Malekula, Vanuatu
, 2015 International audienceIn this chapter I would like to further explore the anthropology of legitimacy and attempt to combine it with Deleuze and Guattari’s (1983, 1987) suggestion that sorcery embodies the permeability of constant becoming and changing ...
Dousset, Laurent, Laurent Dousset
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THE PRESENCE OF TRADITION IN THE AFRICAN MODERNITY [PDF]
Studia Warmińskie, 2016 Based mainly on the author’s own experience and field research in Togo, the article outlines the way in which tradition is woven into modernity, as political and social discourse uses a worldview based on traditional religion.
Jacek Pawlik
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Treasure Hunt—Roman Inquisition and Magical Practices Ad Inveniendos Thesauros in Southern Tuscany
Religions, 2019 Resorting to the supernatural to find something lost is a practice that can be observed over a very large range of times and places. With the affirmation of Christianity, these kinds of habits and beliefs were considered superstitious by the Church ...
Vincenzo Tedesco
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Jesus of Nazareth's Trial in the Uncensored Talmud
Tyndale Bulletin, 2011 The Munich Talmud manuscript of b.San.43a preserves passages censored out of the printed editions, including the controversial trial of ‘Yeshu Notzri’. Chronological analysis of the layers in this tradition suggests that the oldest words are: ‘On the Eve
David Instone-Brewer
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Bruxas: figuras de poder Witches: figures of power
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2005 As mulheres que tanto a história como a imaginação popular mitificaram como "bruxas" constituem figuras que expurgam as fobias da Contra Reforma. As bruxas foram torturadas e queimadas para sinalizar os perigos de práticas e saberes à margem da Igreja e ...
Paola Basso Menna Barreto Gomes Zordan
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014 Amongst other things, African culture (societies) has been characterised by its perception and fear of witchcraft. Even though the belief in witchcraft is an old phenomenon, its growth is revealed and to some extent mitigated by videos, films and ...
M. Elijah Baloyi
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Abangan, Kejawen, and the Dream Sellers in Coastal Java
Societas Dei: Jurnal Agama dan MasyarakatThis study explores the socio-cultural dynamics of Javanese coastal communities, emphasizing the existence of their indigenous traditional beliefs: Javanism (Kejawen) with its unique spirituality and Abangan, which practically reflects Islam in a ...
Nely Rahmawati Zaimah +4 more
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Magische Alltagsvorstellungen und spätmittelalterliche Zaubereiprozesse in Tirol
Historia.scribere, 2015 Common Magical Concepts and Late-Medieval Sorcery Trials in Tyrol The beliefs of the people in the late Middle Ages went beyond the canonical doctrine of the Catholic Church, magic performances complemented the religion and its application has played a ...
Hester Margreiter
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Sorciérologie et (de la) hantise : de Cathy à PJ
Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2023 I have always considered Kate Bush my Hecate and PJ Harvey my Circea..., fantasized, that is. From one to the other, it is magicians and witches that I would like to focus on here, or rather their becoming, in a "research experiment" that takes these ...
Emma Viguier
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Mediation in Matters Involving Sorcery in PNG Villages and Remote Australian Indigenous Communities
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social DemocracyThe article discusses the application of mediation to conflict involving sorcery and sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) villages and remote Australian Indigenous communities.
Craig Jones, Michael S Wagambie
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