ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mediumship, Zande People, Pedophilia
18 Apr 2017
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Drugs can give you a direct connection with god. (hallucinogenic: euphoria, phantasy. Alcohol, mental enactments followed by depression, alcohol is used in both religious and social rituals. Spiritual mediumship in zhou dynasty of china, 1300 years ago in yheat in andio. Sedatives, tranquil, kava (hawaii), and sama, relax without effecting mental state. Stimulants caffeine, tobacco, beetlenut, speed, nicotine is added as an enhancement. Beetlenut is the symbol of love and marriage. Speaks to socil functions of religion, is odd because the ability or knowledge to cause harm supernaturally with the spirits. People who we are called wicca, called witch craft. Witch craft is the biological ability to harm. Sorcery is the manipulation of objects to cause harm. Wisardry should be the term but it seems movie based. (generic term for causing harm) Maisin: explaining the unexplainable, social control, most people don"t want to be called a sorcerer, sorcerers are often healers or shawmens.
