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A review of the 'Spellbound' exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum and the 'Living in a Magical World' conference, at the University of Oxford, September 2018.
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      Museum StudiesApotropaic DevicesDivinationMagic
Belief in the existence of supernatural powers and day-to-day unexplainable experiences has led the Nyishis into believing in other than the material visible world i.e. in the invisible spiritual world or supernatural power. Generally,... more
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      ReligionChristianityChangeBelief
Kuan-yin, the Chinese form of the Indo-Tibetan male bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, has been typically depicted and regarded by Chan Buddhists as a female deity since the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE). This paper examines various representations... more
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      GenderSong DynastyChan BuddhismDeity
The book of Deuteronomy provides a number of valuable and unique insights into early Israelite perspectives on the nature of God, his relationship to other divine beings, and the diachronic development of both. For example, Deut 32:8–9,... more
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      SeptuagintAngelsDeuteronomyMonotheism
The book of Deuteronomy provides a number of valuable and unique insights into early Israelite perspectives on the nature of God, his relationship to other divine beings, and the diachronic development of both.1 The Greek translation of... more
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      PhilosophySeptuagintAngelsDeuteronomy
4th Edition(with appendix concerning Mars and the Dow Jones) -appendix added which shows how the Dow Jones performed since 1896 with Mars within 30 degrees of the lunar node. http://www.thedowcast.com/india-and-the-nations.html -... more
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      Social PsychologyTerrorismFederal ReserveInterest Rates
INTRODUCTION Spirituality in the context of work is increasingly gaining an importance in business and management research (Doran and Natale, 2011; Kutcher et al., 2010). This requires questioning the meanings and practice of spirituality... more
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      ManagementWorkplace SpiritualitySelf ActualizationPastoral Care and Counselling
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      ArchaeologyRitualBuddhist IconographyHistory of Art
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      ReligionHistoryArchaeologyGreek History
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      ReligionChristianityAncient Egyptian ReligionHistory
Originally, when ritual was still part of everyday life and everybody talked to gods and goddesses all the time, we spoke to them in everyday words. As time went on and priests assumed more power, however, exalted language and fulsome... more
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      PrayerPagan StudiesPaganismPagan Theology
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      Greek LiteratureGreek HistoryGreek LanguageRoman Religion
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      Comparative LiteratureLatin LiteratureHellenistic LiteratureAugustan Poetry
Das British Museum beherbergt eine Sammlung von 143 Zauberschalen, die keineswegs zu den größten öffentlichen Sammlungen zählt. Das University of Pennsylvania Museum verzeichnet 260 Objekte, deren Schwestersammlung, die Frau Professor... more
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      AramaicMagicIraqGod, Gods, Goddesses
Spirituality in the context of work is increasingly gaining an importance in business and management research (Doran and Natale, 2011; Kutcher et al., 2010). This requires questioning the meanings and practice of spirituality in... more
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      ManagementWorkplace SpiritualityPastoral Care and CounsellingReligion & Spirituality at the Workplace
In advocating peace as an important component of human geography's collective praxis, with War and pieces (Springer 2013) I sought to position anarchism as an ethical philosophy of nonviolence and the absolute rejection of war. Nick... more
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      Critical TheoryReligionAbrahamic ReligionsChristianity
Mit der fortschreitenden Aufarbeitung der Sammlung mandäischer Bleirollen des Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities des British Museum und der zahlreichen jüdischen babylonisch-aramäischen und mandäischen Zauberschalen, die sich in... more
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      AramaicMagicAncient Iranian ReligionsIranian Languages