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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 ...
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 ...
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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 human
...
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 human
...
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