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... Sacred time. priori sacred reality . Other scholars who used the no- tion of sacred as an important interpretive term during this period included the sociologist Émile Durkheim in France , and the psychologist - philosopher Max Scheler ...
... Sacred time. priori sacred reality . Other scholars who used the no- tion of sacred as an important interpretive term during this period included the sociologist Émile Durkheim in France , and the psychologist - philosopher Max Scheler ...
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... sacred power in the myth is related to the notion that sound itself has creative power - in particular special , sacred sounds . Sometimes these sounds are words , such as the name of god , divine myth , a prayer , or hymn ; but ...
... sacred power in the myth is related to the notion that sound itself has creative power - in particular special , sacred sounds . Sometimes these sounds are words , such as the name of god , divine myth , a prayer , or hymn ; but ...
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... sacred Assertions of the end of the sacred Impor- tance of the sacred word Distinc- tion between canonical. activity : the decisive action done by creative or protec- tive agents . One's spiritual ancestors need not be biologi- cally ...
... sacred Assertions of the end of the sacred Impor- tance of the sacred word Distinc- tion between canonical. activity : the decisive action done by creative or protec- tive agents . One's spiritual ancestors need not be biologi- cally ...
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