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clans.

clans. totems. mana. Three simple words. One cool theory. clans. Individuals joined by a bond of kinship because they bear the same name. These bonds come with the same kind of reciprocal obligations that come with consanguinality.

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  1. clans. totems. mana. Three simple words. One cool theory.

  2. clans. Individuals joined by a bond of kinship because they bear the same name. These bonds come with the same kind of reciprocal obligations that come with consanguinality. There may be multiple clans within a tribe, but each one has its own unique name. Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  3. totems. The Totem . . . Defined • They are usually plants or animals; usually animals • They are usually whole objects, but sometimes they are parts of one. • They are usually not individuals, but a species or variety of objects. • The greater the emphasis on the totem, the greater its sacredness. Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  4. totems. The Totem . . . Defined Managing Totemic Beings • Do not eat the totemic being . . unless in a sacred ritual. • Do not kill the totemic being. • Do not pick (if a plant) the totemic being. • Do not touch the totemic being. • Who can eat, touch, and look at totemic beings? Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  5. totems. The Totem . . . Defined Managing Totemic Beings The Sign Of The Totem • Totems aren’t just names. You’re obligated to WEAR the totem as proof of your identity. • Changes in your body, hairstyle, clothing, features, tattoos • Painted pictures of the totem on shields, weapons, banners, flags, doors, side of you house, etc. • Why do we need emblems/symbols? Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  6. totems. The Totem . . . Defined Managing Totemic Beings The Sign Of The Totem Totemic Images, Tools, and Places • Take us back to the sacred! • Churingas, nurtunjas, waningas . . . oh my! • “But Mommy, that doesn’t look like an elk!” • Be careful storing your churingas. Those things are “contagious”. Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  7. totems. The Totem . . . Defined Managing Totemic Beings The Sign Of The Totem Totemic Images, Tools, and Places BE THE TOTEM! • How I can be a MAN and a NITTANY LION and a WILDCAT! • Rules of sacredness. Women, initiates, and that old guy at the bar. • Brother Bear and Bre’r Rabbit • Maybe God IS one of us! Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  8. mana. The society’s need for integration explains the overwhelming power of the society to control its members. Religion’s role is to LEGITIMATE society’s norms. It does that through mana (our collective consciousness). The force of our connection to god (ok . . society) and the commands it impresses on us is so strong we feel like it is something external to us. It is. Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

  9. mana. “God’s” Physical And Moral Superiority. “Collective Effervescence” The Soul As “My Own Private Mana” Negative Cults and Positive Cults Clans•Totems•Mana Three simple words. One cool theory.

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