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cargo cult: the steady state
The millenarian movement, and its stages that apply virtually without exception to those throughout history and around the world was first most artfully articulated Anthony F.C. Wallace who found that movements “always originate in situations of social and cultural stress … Continue reading
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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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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 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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deprivation theory: secret of the cargo
Cargo cults. In times of stress look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. Is America ready for its own millennial cult… The deprivation theory is most clearly illustrated by the cargo cults of Melanesia, which to our eyes seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Cargo cult movements, Cargo Cults, David Chidester, Ghost Dance Wovoka, Jack Wilson Wovoka, James Mooney anthropologist, Kumare Vikram Gandhi, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Millenarian movements, Millennium movements, Philleo Nash, Philleo Nash anthropologist, Ron Fricke director, Samsara Ron Fricke, Vikram Gandhi director
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cargo cult: ghost dancing with the deprivation theory
Ghost dance and cargo cult…In times of stress look for the prophets of an earthly paradise… How are we to explain such seemingly diverse movements as those of the Jewish Zealots and the early Christians, the Maoris of New Zealand, … Continue reading