Designed for both academic and lay audiences, this book identifies the characteristics of ritual and, via multiple examples, details how ritual works on the human body and brain to produce its often profound effects. These include enhancing courage, effecting healing, and generating group cohesion by enacting culturalāor individualābeliefs and values. It also shows what happens when ritual fails.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Ritual
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Symbolism in Ritual
- Chapter 2. The Cognitive Matrix of Ritual
- Chapter 3. Belief Systems, Myths, Paradigms, Rituals, and the Process of Truing
- Chapter 4. Ritual Drivers
- Chapter 5. Ritual Techniques and Technologies
- Chapter 6. Ritual Framing, Order, and Formality
- Chapter 7. Ritual as Performance
- Chapter 8. Ritual and the 4 Stages of Cognition
- Chapter 9. Ritualās Paradoxical Roles
- Chapter 10. Designing Rituals
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- References
- Index
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