RELIGST 2WW3 Lecture Notes - Evil Eye, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yin And Yang
11 Feb 2014
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Many societies and cultures affirm the world is alive. Things happen because something or someone wills them to happen. Deities, spirits and ghosts can be pleased or displeased by human actions, thoughts etc. Many types of beings that are important culturally. Ancestors and ghosts: dead concerned about life of living, ancestors take interest in fortunes of descendants, in respect and reverence shown to them by descendants, japanese house buddhist altar. Typical offering is tea, rice, water, fruit, pictures of deceased family members. When you receive something, you first offer to ancestors. Act as if ancestor is alive: harmful demons, seen to cause illness in some cultures, one can attract attention of demon because of fault or action. Spirit intrusion: invasion of a spirit, mental illness- spirit possession, can be ancestral ghosts to trouble the sick person, she"s not herself any more - english speaking world.
