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social and cultural stress: cargo cult to the rescue
A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force is invariably a form of religious fervor or secular religiosity. Its end: the destruction of the cult or the evolution of a new social order, and the cycle … Continue reading
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Tagged Cargo Cults, Code of Handsome Lake, F.C. Wallace, F.C. Wallace anthropologist, Gustav Landauer, Hannah Arendt, James Mooney anthropologist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Seguin artist, Marc Seguin Million Dollar painting, Martin Buber, Millenarian movements, Peyote cults, Philleo Nash anthropologist, viktor deni, Walter Benjamin
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cargo cult: trek with the millenarian movement
Cargo cults. In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force: religious fervor and the superhuman agency. Its end: the destruction of the cult or … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Dawn Christie artist, Antonin Artaud, Cargo Cults, Code of Handsome Lake, Elijah Muhammad, F.C. Wallace, F.C. Wallace anthropologist, Fellini, Fidel Castro, Franco Fiorito, James Mooney anthropologist, Madame Pickwick, Mario Monti Italy, Peyote cults, Peyotism, Philleo Nash, Philleo Nash anthropologist, Toga Party Italian politicians, Wovoka jack Wilson
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cargo : short cut to the supernatural
Cargo cults. In times of stress look to the prophets of an earthly paradise… A question naturally arises in any examination of millenarian movements: why do they inevitably take a religious form instead of simple military or political resistance? The … Continue reading
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Tagged Cargo Cults, Charles de Gaulle, Code of Handsome Lake, Dafna Zur Stanford, Gangnam Style rapper Psy, Ghost Dance Wovoka, James Mooney James Mooney anthropologist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marie-Eve Charron Le Devoir, Milutin Gubash, Park Jae-Sang, Philleo Nash, Philleo Nash anthropologist, Wovoka, Wovoka jack Wilson
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cargo cult: the manna is comin’
Ghost dances and cargo cults. In times of stress turn to the prophets who always appear at precisely those moments. And there has been no shortage over the course of men, women and children suffering and in dire need of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Astronaut Question, Cargo Cults, Code of Handsome Lake, Ghost Dance Wovoka, Jack Wilson Wovoka, James Mooney, James Mooney anthropologist, Jon Frum movement, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Millenarian movements, Philleo Nash, Philleo Nash anthropologist
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stamping out those millenarians
In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. America may be ready for its own millennial cult… The main American Indian movements, Pontiac, Code of Handsome Lake and the Ghost Dance, and the hundreds of others … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Kaplan, Ben Allen, Chairman Mao Little Red Book, Code of Handsome Lake, Ghost Dancing Wovoka, Irenaeus church father, Jack Wilson Wovoka, Jewish Zealots masada, Leon Uris Exodus, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marshall McLuhan, Martin Luther King, Papias church fathet, Paul Newman, peter o'toole, Peter Strauss, Wovoka
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ghost dance: shaman on the plains
Millennial cults. America has always been ready in times of stress to look for prophets, especially those not immune to the temptations of an earthly paradise. Whether from Handsome Lake, the Maharishi Yoga, or the many Teachers of Righteousness of … Continue reading
cargo cults and ghost dance
In times of stress keep a wary eye on the prophets of an earthly paradise: Handsome Lake, Mohammed, Lenin types, or various Teachers of Righteousness. America is always ready for any millennial cult… A millenarian movement that was completely different- … Continue reading