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coursesHistory of non-Christian Religions

Oct 29, 20261 min read

Totemism

Definition

Belief in a supernatural communion and kinship between a clan or ethnic group and a particular animal, plant, or natural force; among Australian aborigines, every person receives an ‘Ancestor’s’ soul which determines totemic clan membership, so that all members of the clan form a single whole.

Episodes

  • 161 — History of non-Christian Religions — Topic 1

Related Concepts

  • Ancestors
  • Clan Kinship
  • Initiation
  • Sacred Landscape

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