The spirits told the Zuni to find the "idiwana or the middle place" (Terry, 2002), so they could build their village. ... They took this as a message from the spirits and started to build their village (Bonvillain, 1995, pp.14). The Zuni people worship spirits called the Raw People. ... Membership for this cult is hereditary in the matrilineal family residing in the house (Terry, 2002). ... Kachinas are spirits, there are many spirits, like spirits of the dead, spirits of animals, and spirits of the stars to name a few (Terry, 2002). ...

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He may live in a slum in a small hut and there is filth and dirt everywhere at the same time another person may be sleeping, or playing with his friends, or riding a luxurious car and live in a big house. ... Life is short and after death human beings turn into spirits. Spirits cannot be seen or hurt or destroyed which means that life after death is infinite. ... Along with producing foods, building houses or reproducing what human beings do is acquiring knowledge. ... But in order to live he not only grows food, or builds houses, and produce clothes but also he acquires knowledge, falls in lo...

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Once the Indians burned the town and made way to Rowlandson's house, she turned to God for answers. Her house was set on fire, forcing her and her children to exit. ... After hearing this news, her spirits were renewed, knowing she might be going home soon. ...

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In a Yoruba community, the head of a family is responsible for worshipping the family's ancestors, which is done at the house at the family shrine. ... Europeans also insisted upon burying the dead in communal graveyards rather than the traditional Yoruba practice of burying them in the house. ... For example, the Eje festival is an annual event during which the Yoruba leader gives yams to the god of the sea, to the ancestors, and to other local spirits and divinities believed to be responsible for making the crops do well on the land. ...

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In an ile, people are related to each other not by blood, but by being in the same orisha "house-. ... The godparents become the spiritual parents of the spirits reborn in their godchildren. ... The eggun, the spirits of the dead, are honoured before the orishas. ... The water acts as "a kind of spiritual cleansing and as a subtle "trap- for impure spirits."" ... Some light cigars so that its smoke may attract spirits - especially African spirits. ...

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It is more like a theory of the evolution of humanity from the kami symbolized supremely by the kami origins of the imperial house(Picken, 63). ... As was stated previously Japanese nationalism is Shinto, and Shinto is and will continue to be a way of life for the Japanese people as well a political ideal, focusing on the four Affirmations in Shinto: Tradition and the family love of nature, physical cleanliness and Matsuri: the worship and honor given to the kami and ancestral spirits (religioustolerance.org/shinto.htm). ...

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Mother Ann Lee always used to say, "Clean your rooms well; for good spirits will not live where there is dirt. ... They kept their houses and workshops spotless, took an excellent care of their bodies, and they even tried to think clean thoughts. ... Before they left their rooms, they uncovered the covers from their beds and opened the windows wide to let the fresh air in the house, which was a part of their house rules. ... Since many pieces of their furniture were designed for communal use in the large buildings as the meeting houses where lot of community members gathered together, they dif...

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