RLGA01H3 Chapter 1: RLGA01 Chapter 1 Notes for Exam.docx
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Few concepts that are common in all human cultures are: powerful gods, sacred places, afterlife, presence of spirits in the physical world. People believed mountains and hilltops were sacred placed due to it being closer to the sky (i. e. god) It"s called the sacred place because they claim to feel the presence of some sort of unusual energy. The concept of god born in human started by the first century of the common era. The ten waves represent the similar changes it brought to several traditions around the world: wave 1: shamanism. A belief in spirits and it"s been evident since the time of hunters. There is belief that despite the death of any living thing, the spirits linger around and there are rituals done to protect people from these spirits. These rituals are suggested and done by shamans, who are priests that interact between the intermediate world (earth) and the spiritual world: wave 2: connecting to the cosmos.
