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... practice found among many religious groups . Many theories have been offered to explain the phenomenon . It has been understood as a form of sadism , as a driv- ing out of evil spirits , as purification , and as an incorporation of the ...
... practice found among many religious groups . Many theories have been offered to explain the phenomenon . It has been understood as a form of sadism , as a driv- ing out of evil spirits , as purification , and as an incorporation of the ...
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... practice , some lodges have been charged with prejudice against Jews , Catholics , and non- whites . U.S. lodges rejected the legitimacy of Negro Masonic lodges , the Prince Hall lodges , which were first chartered in 1775 by England's ...
... practice , some lodges have been charged with prejudice against Jews , Catholics , and non- whites . U.S. lodges rejected the legitimacy of Negro Masonic lodges , the Prince Hall lodges , which were first chartered in 1775 by England's ...
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... practice 13 : 254b headhunting , the practice of removing and preserving human heads . It has been associat- ed with ideas regarding the head as the seat of the soul ; with some forms of cannibalism ( q.v. ) in which the body or part of ...
... practice 13 : 254b headhunting , the practice of removing and preserving human heads . It has been associat- ed with ideas regarding the head as the seat of the soul ; with some forms of cannibalism ( q.v. ) in which the body or part of ...
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