Word: magic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...paintings serve a multitude of purposes: some are simply decoration, others help educate the children and a tew are used in magic rites. Ants and the damp soon destroy them all. The works reproduced in UNESCO's book were new when collected on a 1948 expedition, are probably the most ancient bark paintings remaining in existence
...reinsurance plan, Secretary Hobby concluded: "It is not a cureall. There is no magic in the proposal. [It] does offer an opportunity to provide more people with health insurance and to provide them with better health insurance...
...individuation. Says Jung: "[Catholicism] is a full-fledged religion. Protestantism is not. Religions consist of a doctrine and a rite. The ritual does not exist in Protestantism : it has only one leg to stand on - justification through faith alone. The Catholic Church has the rite too, with all its magic effects." Jung himself has not been to church for years, but when asked if he believes in God, he says: "I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call...
...mandala, meaning magic circle in Sanskrit, is most familiar as an aid to contemplation among Buddhist and other Oriental sects. A medieval
...even the beginners, are sure-handed craftswomen. The best of them do not trade on their femininity, want to be judged as writers. Says Dominique Aubier, a perceptive lady critic and novelist: "The book arrives alone . . . but it's signed. The first name is enough. The effect is magic . . . The critics think more of the sex than of the text. But [literature] is not the privilege of one sex, and the liberty or joy of living not a right of birth. We are taking...