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Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Beginning two years ago, the US Dept of Health and Human Services began "special reviews" of all current research grants that involved harm reduction, sex and drugs, and continues its ban on funding of needle exchange.
Drucker Ernest
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‘Viral’ Hunts? A Cultural Darwinian Analysis of Witch Persecutions [PDF]
Cultural Science, 2019 The theory of Darwinian cultural evolution is gaining currency in many parts of the socio-cultural sciences, but it remains contentious. Critics claim that the theory is either fundamentally mistaken or boils down to a fancy re-description of things we ...
Hofhuis Steije, Boudry Maarten
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Witch-Hunting and Witch Belief in the Gàidhealtachd [PDF]
, 2008 In 1727, an old woman from Loth in Sutherland was brought before a blazing fire in Dornoch. The woman, traditionally known as Janet Home, warmed herself, thinking the fire had been lit to take the chill from her bones and not, as was actually intended, to burn her to death. Or so the story goes.
Henderson, L.
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“Paltrie Vermin, Cats, Mise, Toads, and Weasils”: Witches, Familiars, and Human-Animal Interactions in the English Witch Trials [PDF]
Religions, 2019 This article explores the role played by the relationship between witch and familiar in the early modern witch trials. It positions animal familiars at the intersection of early modern belief in witchcraft and magic, examining demonologies, legal and ...
Helen Parish
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Puritan Projections in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter" and Stephen King’s "Carrie" [PDF]
English Studies at NBU, 2021 It is considered that the Puritans that populated New England in the 17th century left a distinctive mark on the American culture. The article explores some projections of Puritan legacy in two American novels of different periods – Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
Maria Anastasova
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Sorbian-Eastern Slavic Parallels from the Field of Folk Demonology
Славянский мир в третьем тысячелетии, 2022 This article examines the demonological beliefs of the Lusatians that correspond with beliefs among the Eastern Slavs. In the East Slavic region, there is a chain of related beliefs all the way to the Russian North-West. This is a chain of archaic areas:
Aleksandr Gura
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The Witch of Agnesi: Thematic Fulcrum for a Shared Learning Path in the Classroom
Education Sciences, 2022 In this article, we propose an educational path to learn mathematics in the framework of the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) project developed in an Italian high school class on the topic of the ...
Giuseppe Canepa +2 more
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Journal of Literature and Humanities, 2023 Sarah Daniels’ın Byrthrite adlı oyunu on yedinci yüzyıl İngiltere’sinde geçer. Oyunun geçtiği dönemde Avrupa’da “cadı” olarak yaftalanan kadınlar, büyü yaparak insanlara zarar vermekle itham edilirdi.
Esra Ünlü Çimen
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e Confession of an Enchantress: Memorial and Ethnocultural Valences of the World of the Real Intertwined With at of the Magical Imaginary [PDF]
Dialogica: Revistă de Studii Culturale și Literatură, 2023 The memorial sources provide relevant information about the lives and personalities of the characters mentioned, while also shedding light on controversial issues concerning the role of the Enchantresses in folk culture and medicine.
Valentin ARAPU
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