Sacred Communication

Religion 1103 with Bisson at Mississippi State University

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Signs

Point to something that exists.

Symbols

Encapsulate ideas and realities

Representational Symbols

Represent something by way of association
e.g. an elephant can represent a political party

Presentational Symbols

Make present the very thing they signify
e.g. icons

mantras

Sacred sounds of one or more syllable
e.g. OM

mudras

Symbolic hand positions or gestures in Hinduism and Buddhism

analogy

A correspondence or similarity between two things that are otherwise different
e.g. man is made in the image of God - man is an analog of God

First-order Religious Discourse

Metaphorical, poetic, mythical, and symbolic communication

Second-order Religious Discourse

The translation of first order discourse into concepts and doctrines

Metaphor

A description of something by representation as something else
e.g. the Lord is a Rock`

Parable

A story told to illustrate a moral or doctrinal point. A parable may be regarded as an extended metaphor.

Myth

An ancient story that is a mixture of fact and fiction. It offers an explanation of a phenomenon, or of how things came to be
e.g. the origin of the universe

Bronislaw Malinoski

English anthropologist, born in Poland. Founder of Functionalism

1884-1942

Carl Jung

Swiss Psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He regarded the unconscious mind as consisting of the personal and the collective unconscious

Collective Unconscious

The deepest layer of the unconscious. It consists of primordial that shape our life and beliefs

Archetype

The model upon which others (types) are patterned

Individuation

The fulfillment of what it is to be human

Doctrines

Formulated beliefs

Demythologization

Removal of fictional elements from a myth

Master Symbol / Root Metaphor

a symbol that expresses a foundational truth(s), and which therefore serves to unite a community

model

a construction that enables the structure and function of something to be understood and studied

Stages of Rites Of Passage

1. Separation Stage - removal from old status
2. Transitional Stage - temporarily without position
3. Reincorporation Stage- marks successful passage into new status.

Stages of Periodic Rituals

Mortification - Year or season has come to an end
Purgation - evil and pollution is purged
Invigoration - new life is secured
Jubilation - new life brings joy

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