Lectures Pre Midterm Flashcards
Occult
Hidden knowledge from general viewer. Only available to people allowed
Example closing your blinds so your neighbour won’t see you.
Magic
Entertainment, sleight of hand fooling the audience
Magic(k)
Forces of energy
Magic(k) Compared to Electricity
Same as electritcity you can see the light but not the electricity. Magic(k) is a force and it is neutral.
Name 5 Types of Witches
- Anthropology: the use of witch as a witch doctor
- Historical: When being a witch was bad, witch burning and stealing mans penis
- Religious: :”Wiccan” statement of your faith group, your spirituality
- Feminist/ Goddess Worshipers: Movement to the political issue
- Satanist: People who are accused or self identified as satins
Mythology
Scared origin story it is believed as true by the people of that nation or religion
Logos
concrete word, univocal
Muthos
language of sacred mythology, language of poetry, metaphoric
Abrahamic Faiths… falls ;)
3 religions judaism, christianity, muslim
Legends
story that are told with small phenomenon (local), semi-true
Folk Tale
Understood by the listener as being UNTRUE
Cosmology
Your world view, sacred origin story, study of different world view
Axiology
Our value, how we keep ourself spiritually upright
Abortion Example
mythology: all life is sacred
cosmology: when/ what is life
axiology: our value of when a baby is considered “baby”
Immanent
All things have God’s existence in it, define presence (all of spiritual world)
Transcendent
“God is in heaven” outside of ur experiences
Liminal(ity)
On the edge, on the boundary. Times in your life when you are out of power.
Witch
All witches are female and usually old. Women wouldn’t call themselves that it was an accusation. Witch hunt did not happen in the middle ages or the dark ages it was in the renaissance and reformation
Warlock
Oath breaker “waer loga”
Wizard/ Magician
Men, old, did not have negative connotation , had positive impact. Source of their power was wisdom, which comes from study. Can be a self appointed title thought can be given. Was carrer.
Sorceror/ess
Both male and female, any age, neutral. Manipulated faith, tried to predict future. It was inherited (ex. cookbook)
Hunter Gatherer
Networks of extended family (small unit). Know the area geographically. Don’t stay in one place, only got together once a year with other family members and friends. Not monotheistic
Agrarian/ Agriculture
Stay in one place with long houses, choose their environment. Domestic animals, and started breeding them.
Supplication
Offerings to god, Urban Hierarchy
- God/desses, King
- Special Human, Priest/ess
- Average Human
- Natural world