"East Coker" is earth, "The Dry Salvages" water, "Little Gidding" fire, and "Burnt Norton" air, the world of thoughts, words, philosophy and poetry. The Quartets taken together, then, embody a journey from the ignorance of time to an awakening in eternity. ... The wreck of the garden brings to mind the ruins so prominent in Eliot's earlier poetry, except that, here, ruins are a symbol of the futility of human aspirations and particularly of the futility of trying to alter the natural order. ... He identifies himself by becoming the echoes in her, [. . . ] the poet, though close to reali...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious rep...

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Mormonism began in the early ninetieth century, amidst the religious movement, the Second Great Awakening. ... They have sacraments of bread and water to show the Lords supper. They take this sacrament as a symbol of his resurrection. ...

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The tension between civilization and savagery lies at the heart of this play. Each character experiences the competing impulses that exist within all human beings: the instinct to live morally, act peacefully, follow the true and the good or the instinct to satisfy one's immediate desires, act viole...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and associate with the soul. Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mi...

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Different external factors are also important in culture such as different symbols, rituals, traditions and heroes. ... (Zimbardo et al.2009) Self-Transcendence: Needs to further some cause beyond the self Self-Actualization: Needs to fulfill potential, have meaningful goals Esteem: Needs for confidence, sense of worth and competence, self-esteem and respect of others Attachment and Affiliation: Needs to belong, to affiliate, to love and be loved Safety: Needs for security, comfort, tranquility, freedom from fear Biological - Food, Water, Oxygen, Rest, Sexual Expression, Release from Tension ...

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In the empty immensity of earth, sky and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent. ... The piece of white cloth around the dying laborer's neck must be a symbol of good, while the white colonials are responsible for all the decay and waste. ...

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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 kn...

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