animal+spirits
61Balloonist theory — was a theory in early neuroscience that attempted to explain muscle movement by asserting that muscles contract by inflating with air or fluid. The Greek physician Galen believed that muscles contracted due to a fluid flowing into them, and for… …
62Therianthropy — refers to the metamorphosis of humans into other animals.[1] Therianthropes are said to change forms via shapeshifting. Therianthropes have long existed in mythology, appearing in ancient cave drawings[2] such as the Sorcerer at Les Trois Frères …
63Earth's Children — is a series of historical fiction novels written by Jean M. Auel. There are five novels in the series so far and a sixth is being written. Auel has mentioned in recent interviews that she now believes she will write a seventh novel, which will be …
64Shamanism — • A vague term used by explorers of Siberia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to designate not a specific religion but a form of savage magic or science, by which physical nature was believed to be brought under the control of man… …
65Ghosts in Chinese culture — An image of Zhong Kui, the vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, painted sometime before 1304 A.D. by Gong Kai. There are many references to ghosts in Chinese culture. Even Confucius said, Respect ghosts and gods, but keep away from them. [1] The …
66Passions of the Soul — In the treatise Passions of the Soul ( Les passions de l âme ), the last of Descartes published work, completed in 1649 and dedicated to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia, the author contributes to a long tradition of theorizing the passions. The… …
67LGBT themes in mythology — Part of a series on LGBT themes in mythology Regional mythologies …
68List of Hell Teacher Nūbē characters — This is a list of characters from Hell Teacher Nūbē. Contents 1 5th Grade Teachers 1.1 Nūbē (Meisuke Nueno) 1.2 Ritsuko Takahashi (Ritsuko sensei) 1.3 …
69Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… …
70Matsés — ethnic group group=Matsés poptime=approx. 3,200 (various post 2000 est.) popplace=Matsés Indigenous Reserve: approx. 2,000, rels=Christian, Animist langs=Matsés, many also speak Spanish or Portuguese. related=Matis, KoruboThe Matsés or Mayoruna… …
