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VANDOO · 4th December 2006, 04:56 PM

I AGREE THAT THE BELIEFS OF THE MORE PRIMATIVE SOCIETYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN ALL FACETS OF THEIR LIVES. THEY DICTATED ALMOST EVERY THING IN THEIR SOCIETIES, THE TABOOS AND SUPERSTITIONS AND RITUALS WERE BOTH THEIR LAW AND SCIENCE. SCIENCE IS A BIG WORD BUT ALL IT REALLY MEANS IS THE ATTEMPTS OF US POOR HUMANS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THINGS WORK. WE HAVE MANY BRANCHES OF SCIENCE FOR STUDIENG DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR WORLD AND IN THE UNIVERSE BUT STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE GET IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
I LOOK AT SUPERSTITION, MAGIC AND RELATED BELIEFS AS EARLY WAYS MANKIND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THINGS WORKED AND MADE RULES THAT WOULD SERVE TO PROTECT THEIR TRIBE FROM THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THEIR ENEMYS.
WARRIORS WOULD TAKE A ANIMAL THEY FEARED OR RESPECTED AS A SPIRIT ,TOTUM OR GARDIAN FOR THEIR TRIBE OR THEMSELVES. IF THEY COULD KILL OR FIND A PART OF SUCH AN ANIMAL THEY WOULD KEEP IT HOPEING TO GET SOME OF ITS POWERS. SUCH SUPERSTITION AND BELIEFS WERE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANGEROUS ANIMALS THAT WERE OFTEN MEAT EATERS. BUT OTHER DANGEROUS GAME ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANT,RHINO AND BUFFALOW WERE ALSO RESPECTED AND HONORED. TAILSMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FROM BOTH TYPES OF ANIMALS. WARRIORS AND HUNTERS USUALLY WANTED THIS KIND OF MAGIC AND WOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF TAILSMAN PERHAPS A CLAW, FANG OR A SMALL CARVEING OR PICTURE IN THEIR GEAR. MANY SOCIETIES ALSO PLACED MUCH IMPORTANCE ON KILLING SUCH AN ANIMAL AND TO BECOME A WARRIOR AND TAKE A WIFE IT WAS REQUIRED. OTHER SOCIETIES REQUIRED THE KILLING OF A MEMBER OF A ENEMY TRIBE TO GAIN WARRIOR STATUS AND PRIVELEGES. SO HEAD HUNTING, CANNABALISM AND OTHER PRACTICES EVOLVED FROM THESE CUSTOMS. THIS SORT OF MAGIC WAS TO GAIN THE ANIMALS OR WARRIORS POWER AND THE AND PROTECTION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE ANIMAL OR THE ENEMY.

MYSTERIOUS ANIMALS WERE ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE SPECIAL POWERS SO MANY SUPERSTITIONS WERE BASED ON SNAKES, CROCODILES,TURTLES, BATS AND OTHER ANIMALS. NOCTURNAL AND MARINE ANIMALS WERE OFTEN MYSTERIOUS TO TRIBAL PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THEM OR HOW THEY LIVED. A SHAMAN OR CHIEF MIGHT HAVE TAILSMAN FOR THIS KIND OF ANIMAL . THESE TWO SORTS OF BELIEF AND MAGIC WOULD MOSTLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAPONS, WARFARE AND HUNTING.
THERE WERE ALSO MANY BELIEFS HAVING TO DO WITH ELEMENTS(EARTH,AIR,FIRE,WATER), FERTILITY,HARVEST,RAIN ECT. THERE WAS ALSO MAGIC TO PROTECT THE VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE FROM EVIL SPIRITS WHICH IN MANY INSTANCES CAME IN THE FORM OF SICKNESS. NOT UNDERSTANDING GERMS OR DISEASE THESE THINGS WERE BLAMED ON EVIL SPIRITS. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS ON HOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN AND STILL IS TO A CERTIAN EXTENT IN PARTS OF TODAYS WORLD.

4th December 2006, 04:56 PM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I AGREE THAT THE BELIEFS OF THE MORE PRIMATIVE SOCIETYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN ALL FACETS OF THEIR LIVES. THEY DICTATED ALMOST EVERY THING IN THEIR SOCIETIES, THE TABOOS AND SUPERSTITIONS AND RITUALS WERE BOTH THEIR LAW AND SCIENCE. SCIENCE IS A BIG WORD BUT ALL IT REALLY MEANS IS THE ATTEMPTS OF US POOR HUMANS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THINGS WORK. WE HAVE MANY BRANCHES OF SCIENCE FOR STUDIENG DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR WORLD AND IN THE UNIVERSE BUT STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE GET IT ALL FIGURED OUT. I LOOK AT SUPERSTITION, MAGIC AND RELATED BELIEFS AS EARLY WAYS MANKIND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THINGS WORKED AND MADE RULES THAT WOULD SERVE TO PROTECT THEIR TRIBE FROM THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THEIR ENEMYS. WARRIORS WOULD TAKE A ANIMAL THEY FEARED OR RESPECTED AS A SPIRIT ,TOTUM OR GARDIAN FOR THEIR TRIBE OR THEMSELVES. IF THEY COULD KILL OR FIND A PART OF SUCH AN ANIMAL THEY WOULD KEEP IT HOPEING TO GET SOME OF ITS POWERS. SUCH SUPERSTITION AND BELIEFS WERE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DANGEROUS ANIMALS THAT WERE OFTEN MEAT EATERS. BUT OTHER DANGEROUS GAME ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANT,RHINO AND BUFFALOW WERE ALSO RESPECTED AND HONORED. TAILSMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FROM BOTH TYPES OF ANIMALS. WARRIORS AND HUNTERS USUALLY WANTED THIS KIND OF MAGIC AND WOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF TAILSMAN PERHAPS A CLAW, FANG OR A SMALL CARVEING OR PICTURE IN THEIR GEAR. MANY SOCIETIES ALSO PLACED MUCH IMPORTANCE ON KILLING SUCH AN ANIMAL AND TO BECOME A WARRIOR AND TAKE A WIFE IT WAS REQUIRED. OTHER SOCIETIES REQUIRED THE KILLING OF A MEMBER OF A ENEMY TRIBE TO GAIN WARRIOR STATUS AND PRIVELEGES. SO HEAD HUNTING, CANNABALISM AND OTHER PRACTICES EVOLVED FROM THESE CUSTOMS. THIS SORT OF MAGIC WAS TO GAIN THE ANIMALS OR WARRIORS POWER AND THE AND PROTECTION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE ANIMAL OR THE ENEMY. MYSTERIOUS ANIMALS WERE ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE SPECIAL POWERS SO MANY SUPERSTITIONS WERE BASED ON SNAKES, CROCODILES,TURTLES, BATS AND OTHER ANIMALS. NOCTURNAL AND MARINE ANIMALS WERE OFTEN MYSTERIOUS TO TRIBAL PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THEM OR HOW THEY LIVED. A SHAMAN OR CHIEF MIGHT HAVE TAILSMAN FOR THIS KIND OF ANIMAL . THESE TWO SORTS OF BELIEF AND MAGIC WOULD MOSTLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAPONS, WARFARE AND HUNTING. THERE WERE ALSO MANY BELIEFS HAVING TO DO WITH ELEMENTS(EARTH,AIR,FIRE,WATER), FERTILITY,HARVEST,RAIN ECT. THERE WAS ALSO MAGIC TO PROTECT THE VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE FROM EVIL SPIRITS WHICH IN MANY INSTANCES CAME IN THE FORM OF SICKNESS. NOT UNDERSTANDING GERMS OR DISEASE THESE THINGS WERE BLAMED ON EVIL SPIRITS. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS ON HOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN AND STILL IS TO A CERTIAN EXTENT IN PARTS OF TODAYS WORLD.