ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Sympathetic Magic, Al-Qaeda, Emic And Etic
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Holy struggle (jihad): under osama bin laden, al-qaeda oppressed. Totemism: associates particular social groups w/specific animal or plant species. Shamans: religious leaders who communicate the needs of the living w/spirit world. Trance: semi-conscious state typically brought on by hypnosis, ritual drumming and singing or hallucinogenic drugs. Pirit fa(cid:373)iliar: spirit that"s de(cid:448)eloped a (cid:272)lose (cid:271)o(cid:374)d (cid:449)ith the sha(cid:373)a(cid:374) Sympathetic magic: any magical rite that relied on supernatural powers to produce its outcome w/o working thru a specific supernatural being. Rite of passage: life (cid:272)y(cid:272)le ritual that (cid:373)arks a group/perso(cid:374)"s tra(cid:374)sitio(cid:374) from one social state to another. Secular (cid:449)orld(cid:448)ie(cid:449): does(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e super(cid:374)atural i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t people"s li(cid:448)es. Fundamentalist: people belonging to conservative religious movements that advocate a return to the fundamental/traditional principles. Fundamentalism: literal interpretation of scripture, particularly prophetic books in the bible. Biocultural: biological, psychological & cultural processes interact in complex ways. Mind: emergent qualities of consciousness & intellect that manifest themselves thru thought, emotion, perception, will & imagination.
