Tag: syncretism
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Witches and Witchcraft
Onwards with the Halloween thematic. 🙂 A witch, warlock, sorcerer/sorceress… plus many local names in many languages all mark one belief – a belief in a human being with supernatural powers. These powers are not necessarily considered evil, or used for evil, by all; but unfortunately, most if not all beliefs know a dualism…
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Ghosts
Because we missed a day, today’s post is a double post, with ghosts on the tail of werewolves (yep, I had to. 🙂 ’tis the season XD). Like the vampires and werewolves, ghosts are a theme that pops up around Halloween until you can’t move for them; but at least with ghosts, there is a…
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Case study – The Malawi vampire crisis
Just yesterday, an article popped up about a worrying situation – the UN leaving Malawi due to a number of threats from the locals concerning a vampire scare, which has already led to the death of one man (who was stoned to death by the mob present) and which threatens to worsen as the…
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Syncretism
Today’s theme will be syncretism. Syncretism is something many have never even heard of, but the irony is it exists around us everywhere. The simplest explanation of syncretism is that it is the adoption of others’ beliefs into your own as your own. This is true of myth, tale and religion – they are all…