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WEEKLY SPECIAL - The Ritual of Death and Resurrection
Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). The Golden Bough. 1922 -
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This view of totemism throws light on a class of religious rites of which no adequate explanation, so far
as I am aware, has yet been offered. Amongst many savage tribes, especially such as are known to
practice totemism, it is customary for lads at puberty to undergo certain initiatory rites, of which one of
the commonest is a pretence of killing the lad and bringing him to life again. Such rites become
intelligible if we suppose that their substance consists in extracting the youth’s soul in order to transfer it
to his totem.
For the extraction of his soul would naturally be supposed to kill the youth or at least to throw him into a
death-like trance, which the savage hardly distinguishes from death. His recovery would then be
attributed either to the gradual recovery of his system from the violent shock which it had received, or,
more probably, to the infusion into him of fresh life drawn from the totem.
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Weekly PathWalkers.Net e-Newsletter #90
03-28-2005 to 04-03-2005
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WEEKLY SPECIAL - Eight Gifts: That Don't Cost A Cent To Give
WEEKLY ASTROLOGY REPORT
GENERAL INFORMATION - The Eight-Fold Path
RECIPE - Asian Glazed Chicken & Stir Fry Vegetables
BOOK REVIEW - White is for Magic
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WEEKLY SPECIAL - Eight Gifts: That Don't Cost A Cent To Give
Author Unknown
1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...
But you must REALLY listen.
No interrupting, no daydreaming,
no planning your response.
Just listening.
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