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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Aug 31, 2008 12:23
On what the fantasy folk are up to with their
anachronistic brain.
On folk religion :
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted from
generation to generation in a specific culture. It could be contrasted with an
organized religion or historical religion in which founders, creed, theology and
ecclesiastical organizations are present. In contrast, ethnic religion refers to
the religious practices particular to a certain ethnicity. Folk religion and
ethnic religion alike are characterized by the absence of proselytization,
membership being, as a rule, equivalent to ethnicity.
The folk religion with the largest number of adherents is the Chinese folk
religion, accounting for some 6%% of world population. Various "primal
indigenous" religions (animism, shamanism) account for...
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Author: CormaghCormagh Date: Aug 31, 2008 15:20
On Aug 31, 12:23Â pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:> On what the fantasy folk are up to with their
> anachronistic brain.
> On folk religion :
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
> Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted from
> generation to generation in a specific culture. It could be contrasted with an
> organized religion or historical religion in which founders, creed, theology and
> ecclesiastical organizations are present. In contrast, ethnic religion refers to
> the religious practices particular to a certain ethnicity. Folk religion and
> ethnic religion alike are characterized by the absence of proselytization,
> membership being, as a rule, equivalent to ethnicity.
>
> The folk religion with the largest number of adherents is the Chinese folk
> religion, accounting for some 6%% of world population. Various "primal
> indigenous" religions (animism, shamanism) account for another 4%%, but elements
> of folk religion exist as part of all religious traditions and should be
> regarded as popular currents (as opposed to a theological or institutionalized) ...
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Author: kevirwinkevirwin Date: Aug 31, 2008 15:46
On Aug 31, 3:23Â pm, Sir Frederick fuzzysys.com> wrote:
(rather, quoted)
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> "I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."
> - Leo Rosten
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Everyone believes something that some one else doesn't....
help me out, John:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VByVSIhSpU
That should be something we ***should*** all agree on....
NOTE: John Lennon is #2 on my list of "5 people I would have liked to
talk to"....
K e v
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Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Sep 1, 2008 05:16
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:23:32 -0700, Sir Frederick wrote:
> It could be contrasted with an organized religion..
Or compared to one which made it out of the neighborhood.
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Author: John JonesJohn Jones Date: Sep 1, 2008 11:18
Sir Frederick wrote:
> On what the fantasy folk are up to with their
> anachronistic brain.
> On folk religion :
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
> Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted from
> generation to generation in a specific culture. It could be contrasted with an
> organized religion or historical religion in which founders, creed, theology and
> ecclesiastical organizations are present. In contrast, ethnic religion refers to
> the religious practices particular to a certain ethnicity. Folk religion and
> ethnic religion alike are characterized by the absence of proselytization,
> membership being, as a rule, equivalent to ethnicity.
>
> The folk religion with the largest number of adherents is the Chinese folk
> religion, accounting for some 6%% of world population. Various "primal
> indigenous" religions (animism, shamanism) account for another 4%%, but elements
> of folk religion exist as part of all religious traditions and should be
> regarded as popular currents (as opposed to a theological or institutionalized) ...
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Author: toolytooly Date: Sep 2, 2008 02:08
"Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
news:6hrlb4hugoboagrbbouka72455tggmhnng@4ax.com...>
> On what the fantasy folk are up to with their
> anachronistic brain.
> On folk religion :
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_religion
> Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted
> from
> generation to generation in a specific culture. It could be contrasted
> with an
> organized religion or historical religion in which founders, creed,
> theology and
> ecclesiastical organizations are present. In contrast, ethnic religion
> refers to
> the religious practices particular to a certain ethnicity. Folk religion
> and
> ethnic religion alike are characterized by the absence of proselytization, ...
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Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Sep 2, 2008 03:01
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:08:11 -0400, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>Religion is also a medium by which a people can incorporate IDENTITY as a
>matter of what they value, and how they see. It becomes symbolic to what ...
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Author: Day BrownDay Brown Date: Sep 4, 2008 08:22
Ethnobotanist RG Wasson asked the Mayan Shaman what the name of the
sacred (pscilocybin) mushroom meant. "little magical one-footed man."
Then, years later, in researching the origin of the Vedic potion Soma,
he asked an Ugarit Shaman what the name for the Amanita Muscaria he used
to make Soma was. Then what the name meant. "Little magical one-footed man."
There is an artistic sensibility written in the brain that results in
psychedelic art, which can be seen in every culture which uses powerful
entheogenic potions. And those of us who've tried these potions, get why
the colors in Tibetan Mandalas, Hindu altars, Mayan Frescos, and
Tocharian paintings were chosen.
And today, if you ask a shaman from any of these traditions to describe
the nature of the divine experienced in the altered state of
consciousness these potions produce, you see it is nothing like the
alpha male tyrants in scripture. It is not judgmental.
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