1. They originated in Iran and Afghanistan and began to flourished through Iran during the Persian Empire.
2. They spread beyond their place of origin after Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great.
3. At about the age thirty he had a religious experience. The angel, Good Thought, came to him and brought him to a disembodied soul before the wise Lord. He saw the wise Lord as the only God and spread monotheism.
4. The sacred text is The Avesta and the oldest text is the Gathas written by Zarathustra.
5. Eternal and universal goodness, controls cosmos & destiny of human beings, creator
6. It is the belief in universal forces of good and evil.
7. It is an evil cosmic force who opposes Ahura Mazda
8. They have to choose between truth and Lie; beneficent spirit and hostile spirit
9. Resurrection and judgement of the dead; portrayals of heaven and hell
10. They are centered on agriculture
-caring for livestock and fields
-simple life
- tell the truth
- prayer, ritual
11. The Zoroastrians living in India today
12. Iliad and the Odyssey
13. They have human attributes. No deity has total knowledge
14. He celebrated Zeus's gat power and wisdom; his works show Zeus as the one who causes suffering
15. Sanctuary favored by a certain god who communicates to those who visit the site; Delphi is where Greeks want to seek the wisdom of the God Apollo
16. A. Individuals can choose to become initiates and went through a ritual
B. experienced a personal encounter with a deity
C. Gained spiritual renewal through participation in religion nod hope for a better afterlife
17. Eleusinian
18. God of fertility, vegetation and the vine; shown holding grapes an vines
19. Lead. Pure life through so the soul will escape the body and realize its divine nature
20. Knowledge is recollection because we have gained knowledge from previous lives
21. True reality consists of eternal and perfect forms or ideas; the bodily world is imperfect
22. Both are saviors; relationship between Christ and Christians is similar to that of Asclepius and his worshipers
23. Supernatural powers that were Roan equivalents of deities. They were thought to inhabit Roman homes, towns, and fields.
24. The most powerful Roman deity was Jupiter.
25.- Jupiter: sky lord
- Venus: goddess of hearth
- Mars: god of war
-Neptune: god of sea
-Mercury: god of traders
-Saturn: god of sowing
26. It endured the peace of the gods
27. Mithraism and Cult of Isis
28. Isis had a husband Osiris; he was killed by his brother and Isis searched for his body parts; mummified his body and he came back to life
29. Worship of the emperors guardian spirit which guarded welfare of the state
30. Roman worship contradicts the fact that the is only 1 god; seemed as if Christians were not supporting the state
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
What is Judaism?
1.The first function of a synangogue is to be a house of assembly that serves as a place where Jews can meet and greet. This function is important, because the Jews always have a place where they can come together. The second function of the synagogue is to be a place where the Jews can study. Usually, Jews study the Torrah or other books that relate to the Jewish tradition.The third function of the synangogue is to be a place for prayer and worship.
2. The layout of the synangogue varies at different places. They never look the same. The Ark is always decorated. The Ark always has a central piece that contains the Torah scrolls. In this piece there is a curtain called the parokhet that is designed to cover the center piece. The Torah scrolls are covered with cloth mantles that are decorated with an open bottom and a closed top. The Ten Commandments is a book with ten of the six hundred and thirty five laws.
3. A rabbi is a teacher in the jewish tradition. A Jew becomes a rabbi by practicing different ritualsb and learning the different laws of the Torah. A rabbi is different from a cleregy man, because he teaches the different laws of the Torah instead of reflecting on them.
4. The Shabbat is the time period in which all Jews have a day of rest. The Shabbat occurs on Friday night at sundown.
5. The Torah is a book of Laws that the Jewsd follow. It is like their bible. The Talmud is the Torah orally spoken.
6. Orthodox is the highest branch of Judisim. Reform is a branch with teaching. Conservative is the branch with certain laws only. Zionist is a branch in which they call themselves Zionist.
7. Hebrew is the language of Jewish people.
8. Yiddish is the language of the Ashkenazic Jews.
9. Mazal Tov means Congratulations. Shalom is a greeting that usually means Hello, peace, or goodbye. Mitzvah means party.
10. Brit Milah is when the people has just entered the branch of Judisim. Bar Mitzvah is a sweet 16 party which happens once the Jewish people have learned the Torah and the book of Law. Jewish Marriage is when they get married to another Jewish person.
11. Rosh Hoshanah is the holiday that celebrates the Head of the year. Yom Kippur is the most important holiday in which they refrain from work and fast and worship at the synagogue. Hanukah is the Jewish form of Christmas. Passover is a Jewish Holiday in which they pass over the houses and spare lives and put lamb blood on the door.
12. I knew that the synagogue was a place of worship.
13. I thought that the word Shalom is interesting, because they use it for hello and goodbye.
14. The Hanukah Holiday is very similar to my Christmas Holiday.
15. I think that studying in the church is different. I usually just go to church to praise God.
2. The layout of the synangogue varies at different places. They never look the same. The Ark is always decorated. The Ark always has a central piece that contains the Torah scrolls. In this piece there is a curtain called the parokhet that is designed to cover the center piece. The Torah scrolls are covered with cloth mantles that are decorated with an open bottom and a closed top. The Ten Commandments is a book with ten of the six hundred and thirty five laws.
3. A rabbi is a teacher in the jewish tradition. A Jew becomes a rabbi by practicing different ritualsb and learning the different laws of the Torah. A rabbi is different from a cleregy man, because he teaches the different laws of the Torah instead of reflecting on them.
4. The Shabbat is the time period in which all Jews have a day of rest. The Shabbat occurs on Friday night at sundown.
5. The Torah is a book of Laws that the Jewsd follow. It is like their bible. The Talmud is the Torah orally spoken.
6. Orthodox is the highest branch of Judisim. Reform is a branch with teaching. Conservative is the branch with certain laws only. Zionist is a branch in which they call themselves Zionist.
7. Hebrew is the language of Jewish people.
8. Yiddish is the language of the Ashkenazic Jews.
9. Mazal Tov means Congratulations. Shalom is a greeting that usually means Hello, peace, or goodbye. Mitzvah means party.
10. Brit Milah is when the people has just entered the branch of Judisim. Bar Mitzvah is a sweet 16 party which happens once the Jewish people have learned the Torah and the book of Law. Jewish Marriage is when they get married to another Jewish person.
11. Rosh Hoshanah is the holiday that celebrates the Head of the year. Yom Kippur is the most important holiday in which they refrain from work and fast and worship at the synagogue. Hanukah is the Jewish form of Christmas. Passover is a Jewish Holiday in which they pass over the houses and spare lives and put lamb blood on the door.
12. I knew that the synagogue was a place of worship.
13. I thought that the word Shalom is interesting, because they use it for hello and goodbye.
14. The Hanukah Holiday is very similar to my Christmas Holiday.
15. I think that studying in the church is different. I usually just go to church to praise God.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Buddhism questions
1. The name
of the man who later became the Buddha was named
Siddhartha Gautama.
2. The four passing sights that the Buddha experienced were an old man, a diseased man, a dead man, and an ascetic. These 4 passing sights played a role in Buddhism because they somewhat established Buddhism.
3. The Middle Way doctrine came from a guy tuning his guitar and he said if he does it too tight the strings will break and if he does it to loose it wont work so he said he needs to keep it in the Middle and that way everything will work.
4. Gautama gained enlightenment when he saw the four passing sights and realized that there is a world outside of his nice royal palace and he left the prince hood to live like others.
5. The Sangha is the common people that followed the Buddha and his teachings. It consisted of men and women from many different walks of life.
6. The 3 different jewels of Buddhism are Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
7. The similar features with Buddhist cosmology and Hinduism is that Both believe in samsara, the wheel of rebirth, this make Buddhism and Hinduism both believe in a cyclical system.
8. The Buddha's reaction was disagreement, he didnt agree with the thought of just men participating in rituals.
9. The 3 Marks of Existence are Anatta, Anicca, Dukkha
10. Anatta is the doctrine that the same self is reborn. This relates to Hinduism's belief of Atman because both involve inner self
11. In Buddhist doctrine energy is transfered during rebirth. Karma affects the status one is reborn to.
12. Do not take life, do not take what is not given, do not engage in sensuous misconduct, do not use false speech, do not drink intoxicants. For monks and nuns: Do not eat after noon, do not watch dancing or shows, do not use garlands, do not use a high or soft bed, do not accept gold or silver.
2. The four passing sights that the Buddha experienced were an old man, a diseased man, a dead man, and an ascetic. These 4 passing sights played a role in Buddhism because they somewhat established Buddhism.
3. The Middle Way doctrine came from a guy tuning his guitar and he said if he does it too tight the strings will break and if he does it to loose it wont work so he said he needs to keep it in the Middle and that way everything will work.
4. Gautama gained enlightenment when he saw the four passing sights and realized that there is a world outside of his nice royal palace and he left the prince hood to live like others.
5. The Sangha is the common people that followed the Buddha and his teachings. It consisted of men and women from many different walks of life.
6. The 3 different jewels of Buddhism are Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
7. The similar features with Buddhist cosmology and Hinduism is that Both believe in samsara, the wheel of rebirth, this make Buddhism and Hinduism both believe in a cyclical system.
8. The Buddha's reaction was disagreement, he didnt agree with the thought of just men participating in rituals.
9. The 3 Marks of Existence are Anatta, Anicca, Dukkha
10. Anatta is the doctrine that the same self is reborn. This relates to Hinduism's belief of Atman because both involve inner self
11. In Buddhist doctrine energy is transfered during rebirth. Karma affects the status one is reborn to.
12. Do not take life, do not take what is not given, do not engage in sensuous misconduct, do not use false speech, do not drink intoxicants. For monks and nuns: Do not eat after noon, do not watch dancing or shows, do not use garlands, do not use a high or soft bed, do not accept gold or silver.
13.
Dukkha translates to suffering I think of it as a downfall or a person having to
deal with things they dont normally are associated with.
14.
Tanha is the second of the 4 noble truths.
15.
The Eightfold Path is
right views
right intentions
right speech
right conduct
right livelihood
right efforts
right mindfulness
right meditation
16.
The Buddha is different from from all others who have been enlightened because
he became enlightened while still alive.
17.
Arhat is translated as "worthy one" and it is a title used to describe the
living enlightened. Arhats are compassionate.
18.
Nirvana literally means enlightenment and this tells people that once they have
reached nirvana they have completed everything and know all.
19.
The three divisoons of Buddhism are Theravada, Mahayana, and
Vajrayana
20.
The main focus of Theravada Buddhism is the teachings of the Buddha and his
words.
21.
Mahayana is translated to the Great Vehicle and this shows that this doctrine
focuses on Buddhism as a whole.
22.
Vajrayana fights fire with fire by giving the teachings back and going against
what others say.
23.
The Dalai Lama is the head of the hierarchy of Buddhism. Each Dalai Lama is
chosen by people who search for his reincarnation.
24. Theravada- Sri Lanka, Mahayana- India, Vajrayana- China
24. Theravada- Sri Lanka, Mahayana- India, Vajrayana- China
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Introduction to Buddhism
Sidhartha Gautama was Buddha's original name. He was born into a rich family over two thousand years ago. As he was growing up he was very advantaged. Sidhartha realized that life included various struggles The main struggles he recognized were old age, sickness, and death. He spent a long time trying to figure out why these harsh things happened. He had a huge question on the meaning of life. He left his family, his palace and all of his material things behind, while he tried to find the meaning of life. He became a wandering ascetic. The word Buddha means one who is awake. Buddha was never considered a God or someone to be worshiped. He was simply considered a enlightened human being.
Three Jewels
The Three Jewels is also known as the Three Treasures. There is a yellow jewel, a blue jewel, and a red jewel. The yellow jewel is the Buddha. The blue Jewel is the Dharma, and the red Jewel is the Sangha. In order to be a Buddhist these jewels have to be the center principles of your life.
Threefold way
The Threefold Way is another path to Buddhism. It includes ethics, meditation, and wisdom. Ethics is supposed to clear your conscience and meditation is supposed to clear the way for wisdom to develop.
4 Noble Truths
The 4 noble truths are believed to be given by the Buddha. The first noble truth is the dukka. The second noble truth is the origin of the dukka. The third noble truth is the cessation of the dukka. The fourth noble truth is the path that leads to the cessation of the dukka.
Noble Eightfold path.
The noble Eightfold path is a further understanding of the threefold way. The first is the Right Understanding or Perfect Vision. The second is the Right Resolve or Perfect Emotion. The third is the Right Speech or Perfect Speech. The fourth is the Right Action or Perfect Action. The fifth is the Right Livelihood or Perfect Livelihood. The sixth is the Right Effort or Perfect Effort. The seventh is the Right Mindfulness or Perfect Awareness. The sixth is the Right Meditation or Perfect Samadhi.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Hinduism
1. Moksha is the Hindu term for liberation. It is the release of the self from the bondage of samsara; it's salvation in Hinduism and one of the four goals of life
2. The doctrine that says that reality is on is monism. The analogy that is used to understand it is with rivers ponds lakes and oceans.
3. Brahman is the essence of all things. Atman is the eternal self that is identified with Brahman in the Upanishads
4. The many deities serve to represent and extend from the one ultimate reality. The main function is to renounce the reincarnation.
5. Samsara is the wheel of reincarnation where rebirth occurs and keeps going until one reaches complete moksha
6. Bhagavad-Gita
7. Karma is the moral law and the cause and effect of actions and also determines how one is reincarnated. Dharma is the duty in each caste; one of the four goals of life.
8. Brahmin- priests
Kshatriyas- warriors and government officials
Vaishyas- producers like merchants, farmers
Shudras- servants and laborers
9. It is part of his dharma as a Kshatriya
10. 1. Time of puberty
2. Householder- pursuing a career and raising a family
3. Birth of 1st grandchild
4. Wandering Ascetic
11. Sensual pleasure- pursuit of love
Material success- pursuit of artha or social prestige
Harmony with dharma- to be fulfilled in ethical duties
Bliss of moksha- perfect dharma or infinite being
12. -Path of Works- those who engage in day to day tasks of earning a living and raising a family
-Path of knowledge- talent for philosophical reflection
-Path of devotion- those whom emotional attachment comes naturally
13. -Vedanta- all reality is essentially Brahman
-Sankhya- reality consists of matter and eternal selves
-Yoga- free the eternal self from the bondage of personhood
14. Shiva, Vishnu and Brama
15. An incarnation of a deity sent to earth to accomplish a divine purpose. Two avatars are Krishna and Rama
16. The Bhagavad-Gita
17. Household and village rituals, holy places, and cow veneration
18. He gained Indian independence from Britain and used civil disobedience against Indian oppression. He is revered to as a religious figure
19. Discrimination of castes were outlawed. It tried to promote economic and social rights for all people
20. The act of a widow killing herself and burning over her husband's dead body. This act is forbidden today
21. The Muslims forced the partitioning of India to form the divided Pakistan so that the Muslims may have a homeland. This turned into a bloody mess when crossing the borders on both sides
2. The doctrine that says that reality is on is monism. The analogy that is used to understand it is with rivers ponds lakes and oceans.
3. Brahman is the essence of all things. Atman is the eternal self that is identified with Brahman in the Upanishads
4. The many deities serve to represent and extend from the one ultimate reality. The main function is to renounce the reincarnation.
5. Samsara is the wheel of reincarnation where rebirth occurs and keeps going until one reaches complete moksha
6. Bhagavad-Gita
7. Karma is the moral law and the cause and effect of actions and also determines how one is reincarnated. Dharma is the duty in each caste; one of the four goals of life.
8. Brahmin- priests
Kshatriyas- warriors and government officials
Vaishyas- producers like merchants, farmers
Shudras- servants and laborers
9. It is part of his dharma as a Kshatriya
10. 1. Time of puberty
2. Householder- pursuing a career and raising a family
3. Birth of 1st grandchild
4. Wandering Ascetic
11. Sensual pleasure- pursuit of love
Material success- pursuit of artha or social prestige
Harmony with dharma- to be fulfilled in ethical duties
Bliss of moksha- perfect dharma or infinite being
12. -Path of Works- those who engage in day to day tasks of earning a living and raising a family
-Path of knowledge- talent for philosophical reflection
-Path of devotion- those whom emotional attachment comes naturally
13. -Vedanta- all reality is essentially Brahman
-Sankhya- reality consists of matter and eternal selves
-Yoga- free the eternal self from the bondage of personhood
14. Shiva, Vishnu and Brama
15. An incarnation of a deity sent to earth to accomplish a divine purpose. Two avatars are Krishna and Rama
16. The Bhagavad-Gita
17. Household and village rituals, holy places, and cow veneration
18. He gained Indian independence from Britain and used civil disobedience against Indian oppression. He is revered to as a religious figure
19. Discrimination of castes were outlawed. It tried to promote economic and social rights for all people
20. The act of a widow killing herself and burning over her husband's dead body. This act is forbidden today
21. The Muslims forced the partitioning of India to form the divided Pakistan so that the Muslims may have a homeland. This turned into a bloody mess when crossing the borders on both sides
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Primal Religions Questions
1. Different religions are called to be primal, because they
existed before the formal religions. Primal religions have all
of the basic features that all the other religions have. They are
traditionally for non-literate people and are used with small amounts of people.
2. The Ancestors made forms of life and created the first humans, placing them into tribes and giving them certain languages and rules.
3. The spiritual essence of Ancestors is found within symbols that they left after they were gone.
4. A totem can symbolize a group and gives special significance to the religious group or an individual. Taboo is the prohibition of behaviors for fear of contact with spiritual powers in a dangerous manner.
5. The Aborigines rituals are essential in life, because its only through certain rituals where dreaming can be seen.
6. Rituals come from the Ancestors that created and formed the world while dreaming. Each ritual is a display of a myth of certain actions that happened during dreaming
7. Initiation rituals awaken the youth to spiritual things and give more identity to the tribe.
8. Two acts that come along with Dieri initiation ritual death are the two lower middle teeth are knocked out of the mouth and later buried in the ground and then they are circumcised.
9. The Yoruba live in western regions of Africa.
10. The Yoruba religion believe in the center of life, because they believe that the god first began in order to create the world in life.
11. Yoruba cosmological view of the world shows life being separated into two different worlds which is known as heaven and earth. Humans come from the gods.
12. Olorun is the ultimate god of Yoruba religion and is the original place where all power comes from.
13. Orishas are lower than the supreme Olorun but they can harm and help people depending on how a ritual is seen. Orishas are seen as a facilitator between Olorun and humans.
14. An Orisha and Yoruba believed that he created the earth. Another is Ogun who is the god of war.
15. A trickster figure is a supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course set of life.
16. Family ancestors gained supernatural recognition by earning a good reputation and living to an old age. Ancestors were usually worshipped by their own family.
17. Ritual practitioners are to mediate between the gods and ancestors in heaven and humans on earth.
18. Divination is the use of techniques for gaining knowledge about ones future or about the problem. Divination is important because knowing ones future is used to know how to go on with life.
19. Humans came from North America 20,000 years ago by migration from Asia to the Bering Strait.
20. Religions of the Indians is interest with native people, because religion represents Native American religion.
21. Wakan Tanka is the name for reality and is another word for sacred.
22. Inktomi is a spider. The Lakota trickster figure taught first people customs and ways of life.
23. The Lakota people believed strongly that when one person would die, one of the four souls goes on a journey along the Milky Way. The soul is then judged and it tells whether it will be an ancestor or a ghost on earth.
24. The goal of a vision journey is for a human to get spiritual power to get hunting and warfare success.
25. A sweat lodge is a hut made of saplings and it represents the universe and the sweat gives purification.
26. Vision comes in the form of an animal, object, or a force nature. During these visions come a message which is told to a medicine man.
27. In the Blackfeet tribe, females would do the Sun Dance, but only if they had good moral character.
28. An axis mundi is a tree or mountain that can attach the heavens and the earth.
29. People who do the Sun Dance believe that their own bodies are the only thing that is true and they do body mutilation.
30. Aztec Traditions show the description of primal religion because they are high in a developed sense. The Aztecs like other religions have emphasize on relationships between rituals and myths.
31. The geographical area of Mesopotamia is made up of Mexico and extends to Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
32. The Aztec god who made the world was Quetzalcoatl.
33. Quetzalcoatl is the god's earthly devoted one, who ruled as a priest-king. Questzalcoatl is important to Aztecs because they believed that he ruled over the golden age of Aztec brilliance.
34. The Aztecs called their time period Age of the Fifth Sun and they knew that their sun would soon be destroyed like the other prior.
35. The Aztecs understood the world as having four quadrants that led out from the center of the universe and it connected the earth worlds with the underworld.
36. Aztecs regard to humans as a axis mundi, because the head and the heart are used as nourishment towards the sun and cosmos.
37. The "Knower of Things" could talk with the certain gods and made offerings through language which was another way of doing sacrifice.
38. The coincidence that led to the fall of Tenochtitlan was in 1519 when the Aztec king Quetzalcoatl was in need to return. The general of the Spanish came at the same time and the people thought he was a return of Quetzcoatl.
39. The day of the dead showed the surviving of Aztec religious culture because during the celebration the Aztecs would use time to perform similar rituals.
40. Three themes that are shared by the primal religions are boundaries with supernatural and human worlds, religion is encompassing, and primal religions are continuously changing.
2. The Ancestors made forms of life and created the first humans, placing them into tribes and giving them certain languages and rules.
3. The spiritual essence of Ancestors is found within symbols that they left after they were gone.
4. A totem can symbolize a group and gives special significance to the religious group or an individual. Taboo is the prohibition of behaviors for fear of contact with spiritual powers in a dangerous manner.
5. The Aborigines rituals are essential in life, because its only through certain rituals where dreaming can be seen.
6. Rituals come from the Ancestors that created and formed the world while dreaming. Each ritual is a display of a myth of certain actions that happened during dreaming
7. Initiation rituals awaken the youth to spiritual things and give more identity to the tribe.
8. Two acts that come along with Dieri initiation ritual death are the two lower middle teeth are knocked out of the mouth and later buried in the ground and then they are circumcised.
9. The Yoruba live in western regions of Africa.
10. The Yoruba religion believe in the center of life, because they believe that the god first began in order to create the world in life.
11. Yoruba cosmological view of the world shows life being separated into two different worlds which is known as heaven and earth. Humans come from the gods.
12. Olorun is the ultimate god of Yoruba religion and is the original place where all power comes from.
13. Orishas are lower than the supreme Olorun but they can harm and help people depending on how a ritual is seen. Orishas are seen as a facilitator between Olorun and humans.
14. An Orisha and Yoruba believed that he created the earth. Another is Ogun who is the god of war.
15. A trickster figure is a supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course set of life.
16. Family ancestors gained supernatural recognition by earning a good reputation and living to an old age. Ancestors were usually worshipped by their own family.
17. Ritual practitioners are to mediate between the gods and ancestors in heaven and humans on earth.
18. Divination is the use of techniques for gaining knowledge about ones future or about the problem. Divination is important because knowing ones future is used to know how to go on with life.
19. Humans came from North America 20,000 years ago by migration from Asia to the Bering Strait.
20. Religions of the Indians is interest with native people, because religion represents Native American religion.
21. Wakan Tanka is the name for reality and is another word for sacred.
22. Inktomi is a spider. The Lakota trickster figure taught first people customs and ways of life.
23. The Lakota people believed strongly that when one person would die, one of the four souls goes on a journey along the Milky Way. The soul is then judged and it tells whether it will be an ancestor or a ghost on earth.
24. The goal of a vision journey is for a human to get spiritual power to get hunting and warfare success.
25. A sweat lodge is a hut made of saplings and it represents the universe and the sweat gives purification.
26. Vision comes in the form of an animal, object, or a force nature. During these visions come a message which is told to a medicine man.
27. In the Blackfeet tribe, females would do the Sun Dance, but only if they had good moral character.
28. An axis mundi is a tree or mountain that can attach the heavens and the earth.
29. People who do the Sun Dance believe that their own bodies are the only thing that is true and they do body mutilation.
30. Aztec Traditions show the description of primal religion because they are high in a developed sense. The Aztecs like other religions have emphasize on relationships between rituals and myths.
31. The geographical area of Mesopotamia is made up of Mexico and extends to Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
32. The Aztec god who made the world was Quetzalcoatl.
33. Quetzalcoatl is the god's earthly devoted one, who ruled as a priest-king. Questzalcoatl is important to Aztecs because they believed that he ruled over the golden age of Aztec brilliance.
34. The Aztecs called their time period Age of the Fifth Sun and they knew that their sun would soon be destroyed like the other prior.
35. The Aztecs understood the world as having four quadrants that led out from the center of the universe and it connected the earth worlds with the underworld.
36. Aztecs regard to humans as a axis mundi, because the head and the heart are used as nourishment towards the sun and cosmos.
37. The "Knower of Things" could talk with the certain gods and made offerings through language which was another way of doing sacrifice.
38. The coincidence that led to the fall of Tenochtitlan was in 1519 when the Aztec king Quetzalcoatl was in need to return. The general of the Spanish came at the same time and the people thought he was a return of Quetzcoatl.
39. The day of the dead showed the surviving of Aztec religious culture because during the celebration the Aztecs would use time to perform similar rituals.
40. Three themes that are shared by the primal religions are boundaries with supernatural and human worlds, religion is encompassing, and primal religions are continuously changing.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Definitions
Taboo- A custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.
Totem- A natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem.
Trickster- A person who cheats or deceives people.
Vision quest - a rite of passage in some native american passages.
Divination-The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
Pantheism- A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
Polytheism- The belief in or worship of more than one god.
Monotheism- The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
Revelation- something in which such a divine disclosure is contained, such as the Bible.
Transcendence- a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience.
Empathy- The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Totem- A natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem.
Trickster- A person who cheats or deceives people.
Vision quest - a rite of passage in some native american passages.
Divination-The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
Pantheism- A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
Polytheism- The belief in or worship of more than one god.
Monotheism- The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
Revelation- something in which such a divine disclosure is contained, such as the Bible.
Transcendence- a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience.
Empathy- The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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