ritual+system
31Kula (Ritual) — Kula ist ein Begriff aus der Sozialanthropologie (Ethnologie). Es handelt sich dabei um ein rituelles Gabentausch System mit verzögerter Reziprozität bei den Bewohnern der Trobriand Inseln. Getauscht werden zwischen den grob kreisformig… …
32Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
33Confucianism — Confucianist, n., adj. /keuhn fyooh sheuh niz euhm/, n. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and… …
34Zhou Dynasty — For other uses, see Zhou Dynasty (disambiguation). Zhou Dynasty 周朝 Kingdom ← …
35Shaktism — ( Sanskrit: IAST|Śāktaṃ, sa. शाक्तं; lit., doctrine of power or doctrine of the Goddess ) is a denomination of Hinduism that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi – the Hindu Divine Mother – as the absolute, ultimate Godhead. It is, along with… …
36Gurage — Gu·ra·ge (go͞o räʹgĕ) n. 1. (used with a pl. verb) A group of tribes in southern Ethiopia. 2. Any of the Semitic languages of the Gurage. * * * ▪ people ethnolinguistic group of the fertile region in southwestern Ethiopia west of Lake Ziway …
37ceremonial — I. a. Ritual, formal. II. n. 1. Ritual, rites, system of rites, ritual system. 2. Formalities, established forms, system of ceremonies, etiquette. 3. Grand ceremony, stately rites, prolonged ceremony …
38William G. Gray — (1913 1992) was a British occultist, the founder of the magical order the Sangreal Sodality and author of many books. He wrote extensively on the topics of ritual magic, Hermetic Qabalah, the nature of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. His… …
39TALMUD AND MIDDLE PERSIAN CULTURE — Jews and Persians lived in close proximity in Mesopotamia for over 12 centuries; for nearly all that time one or another Iranian dynasty ruled the country as a province of its empire. For nearly the entire amoraic period (220–500 C.E.), Babylonia …
40William Robertson Smith — (8 November, 1846 – 31 March, 1894) was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He was an editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica . He is also known for his book Religion of …
