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Cards Term calumet Definition A long-stemmed sacred pipe used primarily by many native peoples of North America; it is smoked as a token of peace Term divination Definition A foretelling of the future or a look into the past; a discovery of the unknown by magical means. Term holistic Definition Organic, intergrated; indicating a complete system, greater than the sum of its parts; here, refers to a culture whose various elements (art, music, social behavior) may all have religious meaning. Term libation Definition the act of pour a liquid as an offering to a god. Term shaman Definition A human being who contacts and attempts to manipulate the power of spirits for the tribe or group. Term sympathetic magic Definition An attempt to influence the outcome of an event through an action that has an apparent similarity to the desired result-for example, throwing water into the air to produce rain, or burning an enemy's fingernail clippings to bring sickness to that enemy. Term taboo Definition A strong social prohibition (Tongan: tabu; Hawaiian: kapu)> Term totem Definition An animal or image of an animal that is considered to be related by blood to a family or clan and is its guardian or symbol. Term ____is the term for the belief that everything in the universe is somehow alive. Definition Animism Term Inspired by oral religions, Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson proposes that we foster biophilia, a______. Definition love of life Term The circle sometimes symbolic of the nature and its processes. Black Elk, an Uglala Sioux; points this out in reference to the circular tents of his people called_____. Definition tipis Term A bias against the study of oral religions up until the twentieth century is____ Definition The assumption that they are not complex. Term In the worldview of animism____ Definition there are no clear bounderies between the natural and the supernatural. Term To believe that nature is full of spirits implies that___ Definition human beings must treat all things with care. Term Sacred time is____ Definition cyclical, returning to its origins for renewal. Term Constructed sacred space____ Definition is often in symbolic shape such as a cirlce or square. Term Oral religions______ Definition make little distinction between a god and an ancestor. Term Key events in the life cycle are Definition marked with special rituals. Term The Native American vision quest is an example of____ Definition a rite of passage. Term Taboos that have been broken are often mended through______ Definition sacrifices Term Navaho sand paintings are____ Definition temporary creations in a ritual Term A place where one can sometimes escape punishment is_____ Definition a sanctuary Term A common symbol signifying the center of the universe in many oral religions is_____ Definition the sacred tree of life. Term Six dimensions of Worldviews Definition experiential (experience) mythic (myth) ritual doctrinal ethical (ethics=behavior) social (impact of religious beliefs on society) Term Key class theme: beliefs + believers= Definition behavior Term 2 modes of being (Mircea Eliade) Definition Sacred=nonordinary, trancendent, wholly distinct Profane=common, ordinary, utilitarian, worldly Term hierphany Definition hieros means "sacred" phanein means "to appear" Something sacred shows itself to us (a rock, mountain, tree, etc.) Term The most common, profane object- a tree, a mountain, a rock-____ Definition can disclose the sacred presence Term The Holy Definition a breakthrough to the sacred, an opening to the divine; implies a hierophany. Term Axis Mundi Definition center of the world the space and time where communication with the divine is possible the original time when the cosmos was created Term cosmogony Definition the creation of the world Term imago mundi Definition reproduction of the creation myth Term Examples of the Sacred Space and Time: Definition Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, Mt. Tabor, The Dome of the Rock, Mt. Fuji in Japan, The Ganges River, The Jordan River, Eyre's Rock in Australia Term Humans create sacred space and time____ Definition out of the most ordinary, shared human experiences.