The step-mother shows her true colors and is transformed into the evil earth mother. ... The Daughters are the Kora or subsets of the evil earth mother. Which is the classic symbol of the negative female qualities within herself she projects on her sister and mother figures. ... The mice represent little fears or irritants (128), the horse represents freedom and expanding a sense of self (111), the birds represent the ability to soar to a higher awareness (65), and the dog represents the masculine part of the self and the need to verbalize desires (89).The evil earth mother also has a fami...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Question 3: Genesis 1 and Colossians 1 Genesis 1 begins with the line, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) With this as the first sentence in the bible, we are introduced to the idea that for God, the beginning and the end has no significance because he is be...

• Word Count: 537
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He punishes the evil and rewards the good. ... One of the symbols that expresses most completely the Plains Indian concept of the relationship between human beings and the world of nature surrounding them is a cross inscribed within a circle. ... This particular symbol may be found among the crew in the three things they often paint around the sacred cottonwood tree at the center of their circular Sun Dance lodge. ... If we understand the Indian relationship with nature and the values of their symbols and rites, then we may become enriched and our understanding will deepen. ...

• Word Count: 3640
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

What Shamanism Is By the Silver Circle Shaman (pronounced SHAH-maan) is a word from the language of the Tungus people of Siberia. A Shaman is a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness at will. The Shaman does this to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality to acquire knowledge, power and to help others. The Shaman usually has at least one or more spirits in his or her personal service. The trance or "ecstatic" state of consciousness the Shaman enters can be termed as the Shamanistic State of Consciousness (SSC). ...

• Word Count: 11626
• Approx Pages: 47
• Grade Level: High School