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FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit harmoniously into ...
FORCES OF NATURE THE CHAOTIC FORCES of nature , variously feared and honoured by the original shamanic tradition of Tibet , became systematically categorised and ordered under the influence of Buddhism and made to fit harmoniously into ...
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Two forces contended during the age of creation : forces of chaos and order . In some myths , these forces were extensions of the creator god – his son and daughter , for example KAGGEN embodying A Female statue THE CREATOR GOD ...
Two forces contended during the age of creation : forces of chaos and order . In some myths , these forces were extensions of the creator god – his son and daughter , for example KAGGEN embodying A Female statue THE CREATOR GOD ...
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SORCERY Magical practices that control the forces of nature by supernatural means , perhaps as part of religious rituals . ... SUPREME BEING Where a culture believes in a life - giving being who personifies the life force that animates ...
SORCERY Magical practices that control the forces of nature by supernatural means , perhaps as part of religious rituals . ... SUPREME BEING Where a culture believes in a life - giving being who personifies the life force that animates ...
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