SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abrahamic Religions, Witch Doctor, Royal Fam

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

Occult - hidden knowledge, only ppl w specific knowledge have access. Magick: k is energy or power in the universe, use of occulted knowledge/supernatural. Like electricity, can"t be seen but experience its impact. Non written agreed upon lists of beliefs, acts, way of being. Taboo: tunisian word, something you can"t do or say. Ritual: number of acts done in a group/or purpose. Set of actions always done the same way. Beliefs on how you live your life as a human. When does life begin, when egg and sperm meet. Cosmology: world view, how you believe world is the way it is, deals w relig + culture. Abortion: both axio + cosmo will never agree on the topic. Differs dependent on how you view it (is it really life yet) Tungus ppl from siberia, one who masters or interacts w spirits. Borrowed from tungus because no emotional unloading of it. Not medeival ages: 1600 common era western europe.