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Samples were obtained from pithouse floor assemblages, the perpendicular debris arc found next to the hearth of a Late Archaic pithouse, later expedient hearth features situated in secondary pithouse fill, secondary debris fill in pithouses, from along the edges of later rectangular structures, and from an exterior ritual area. Future studies will include a sample of archaeological ochre recovered from each of the burial contexts where it was encountered. [Pg.487]

KK24b/oa/IV Outside Ritual Area 2.5 YR 3/3 Dark red-brown... [Pg.488]

LL25d/ob/IV Outside Ritual Area 5 R 3/2 Dark brown... [Pg.489]

At the beginning of the purification practices, as is said in a passage of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles also found in the Thirty-six Aqueous Solutions, the adept should purify the ritual area ... [Pg.83]

We were scarcely installed in our hotel, having just returned from the ritual registration of foreigners that goes on in the frontier areas of Colombia, when the matron of the hotel informed us that... [Pg.18]

Apart from psychopharmaceuticals in the spiritual sense, at all times and in most cultures psychotropic plant drugs have played a role in religious practices, magic rituals and healing. The substances best known in Europe and the Mediterranean area are opium, hashish and hellebore in the medicine of India and other southeast Asian countries, ramvolfia traditionally has been of great significance (Wittern. 1983). [Pg.27]

Under French protection the monarchies of the Mekong were institutionally secure for the first time in centuries, and protected from the sort of succession conflicts which had in the past ensured the survival of the toughest. Like their Malay counterparts they were encouraged to focus their energies in the areas of state ritual, symbolism, culture and religion. Some 220,000 Vietnamese migrants (2.7 per cent of population in Laos,... [Pg.43]

The Church of the Tree of Life, centered in the San Francisco Bay area, tried for years to develop a ritual somewhere between that of the Native American Church and that followed by the Huichol Indians of Mexico. Some members felt that the Native American example was too constricted and focused they desired a non-denominational ritual encompassing greater possibilities for expression and introspection. ("The NAC, commented one, "hasn t produced the marvelous, artistic, creative explosion seen among the Huichols. ) Although the attempt to find a middle ground was pursued seriously, the results were unsatisfactory—or "somewhat hokey. ... [Pg.214]

Yarker clearly copied the ritual and handed the Order to some friends in the Bradford area. It still exists obscurely today. [Pg.106]

Manakins are famous for their elaborate courtship rituals, which are among the most complex of any of the birds. The most celebrated courtships involves species in which the males display at leks, or communal assembly areas where males gather to display to each other and to females as they arrive seeking a potential mate. [Pg.213]

One area that requires additional study is the use of elemental mercury by members of specific religious or ethnic groups in their ceremonies, rituals, and practices so an assessment of the magnitude of these activities can be made. In addition, information on how mercury is used in these ceremonies and rituals, as well as the methods of mercury disposal used, would be helpful in assessing the potential pathways for human exposure and environmental releases. [Pg.527]

Since this is not primarily a book on Alchemy, this has been covered only briefly with some additional information in certain areas which have not been published before. In recent years there has been a lot of publicity about alchemy and the Golden Dawn and what exactly they did teach, though nothing has been fully revealed on the subject. Originally the Golden Dawn was concerned mainly with Ritual Alchemy... [Pg.5]

One could use any form of experiment with this method, the beauty of which i.s that there need not be a temple set up or special magical weapons. It can take place in any place, the tools being the operator s hands, voice and will. All one has to do is, before each working, to clear the area with the banishing pentagram ritual. Note never to banish over the elixir but to banish around it. [Pg.112]

To harmonise with one s surroundings and the elements, contact is really essential, and the use of the Golden Dawn formula is a step in that direction. For those of you who have never tried this before it is suggested that you record everything, and try to make contact with the various plants, flowers and shrubs from the area where you live. In this way the auric vibrations will be more easily detectable to you. It is essential that, during the alchemical ritual, you use this link with the plant or the herb to impregnate its vital forces through your own aura. [Pg.138]

F Give notice of departure, seal off area, do banishing ritual of pentagram, thus sealing yourself off. Leave the site of the herb and prepare for Stage 2, which can be done on the same day, but no sooner than 30 minutes from departure, and preferably on another day of suitable harmonies astrologically or otherwise. [Pg.146]

Naive or recreational use of psychedelic drugs does not make one either a shaman or a saint. If this were true, the [San Francisco] Bay Area would have been overrun by saints and shamans in 1967. In traditional Shamanic societies, there exist specific traditions, histories, rituals and practices which provide a stable, long-term set and setting by which the drug experiences [are] interpreted and controlled. Grade and Zarkov (1985) "Psychedelic drugs and shamanism," Notes From Underground, Berkeley, P-1... [Pg.15]


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