Magical practices

This article examines the nature and dynamics of de-sanctification in Central Vietnamese folk beliefs through certain rituals and magic practices related to Taoism. Adopting a qualitative research approach, the study investigates the de-sanctification of worship, purification of impurities, and dissolution of spiritual relationships with supernatural forces to gain insights into the nature and dynamics of the sacred within the Central region's folk beliefs.

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This paper serves as an additional resource for research related to the relationship between religion and the economy – an intriguing topic that is not found in much previous research in Vietnam.

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A field experiment was conducted during winters 2015-16 to study the effect of inorganic and organic fertilizers on yield and economics of broccoli cv. Green Magic. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with twelve treatments and three replications. Different doses of recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN), Farm yard manure (FYM), Poultry manure, Vermicompost and their combinations are used with all other cultural practices taken uniform.

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Tài liệu Wonderland Pupil's book Level B makes learning English a magical, memorable experience by using the familiar fantastic world of the Disney characters that children know and love. The course uses a structure syllabus focusing on skills development with abundant practice and recycling.

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Day trading can be simple, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that it’s easy. I know that there are many websites and late-night infomercials that try to tell you differently. They make you think that you just have to read a few pages or attend an online class, and then, magically, you’ll become a successful trader.

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Build this up. You have a stunning three stage prediction, each stage seemingly more impossible than the last. Take time to build up, chat a bit to misdirect the audience so they forget the exact details of the earlier part of the prediction, and, if you act amazed at each step they will react the same. This trick is known in some magical circles as The Trick that Fooled Einstein. If you present it well, it will fool anyone! Let’s assume you have a pile of matches. Ask the spectator to grab a small random number of matches from...

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They are informed and motivated by our practical need for ordering multiple premodifiers in the MAGIC system [Dalal et al. 1996]. MAGIC utilizes co-ordinated text, speech, and graphics to convey information about a patient's status after coronary bypass surgery; it generates concise but complex descriptions that frequently involve four or more premodifiers in the same noun phrase.

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This paper intends to use psychoanalysis to discover where and how the fascination of film is reinforced by pre-existing patterns of fascination already at work within the individual subject and the social formations that have moulded him. It takes as starting point the way film reflects, reveals and even plays on the straight, socially established interpretation of sexual difference which controls images, erotic ways of looking and spectacle.

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[Sleight-of-hand theories alone cannot explain the mysteries of "magic" as practiced by that eminent Frenchman who revolutionized the entire art, and who was finally called upon to help his government out of a difficuity--Robert-Houdin. The success of his most famous performances hung not only on an incredible dexterity, but also on high ingenuity and moral courage, as the following pages from his "Memoirs" will prove to the reader. The story begins when the young man of twenty was laboring patiently as apprentice to a watchmaker.

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Significant development always builds from existing assets and points of strength. Accordingly, not all economically distressed places are positioned to utilize arts and cultural activities as a major development strategy at either the regional or neighborhood level. Additionally, no economic or community development strategy should be viewed as a quick-fix to complex social and economic problems.

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It has sometimes been claimed that the earliest medicine in Mesopotamia was a “rational” or “scientific” medicine which was only later “contaminated” by magical practices. Recently published letters from Mari (modern Tell Hariri), however, clearly show the physician, asû(m), and magician, (w)āšipu(m) or mašmaššu(m) working side by side on the same cases. There is no hint in the ancient texts that one approach was more legitimate than the other.

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‘In my experience a major shortcoming of most “how to” books on leadership and management is that they purport to offer “Silver Bullets” – magical solutions that, once revealed, will enrich and transform the reader and his or her organisation. Regrettably, business life is not that simple. Rather, it is characterised by uncertainty and lack of precedent and complicated by the different wants, needs and motivations of people.

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Roberto Giobbi has produced one of the only complete courses in card magic that is easy to follow and practical, this series has already received enormous praise from within the magic community! This series has received the highest praise from amateur and professional magicians alike, throughout Germany, France and Spain. Now, with its appearance in English, acclaim for Card College has grown even more enthusiastic. The idea of producing a thorough course in card magic has seldom been attempted, and those few rare efforts are dated and often difficult to obtain.

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Ball and Umbrella Juggling This is one of the easiest ways to juggle that you could find. That's because it's "cod" or false juggling. You need to do a little practice so that you don't have to think what to do next and you don't do anything so obviously unreal that people know you have tricked them, even if they can't work out how.

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Occult Medicine And Practical Magic là cuốn sách đề cập tới các loại thuốc huyền bí và phép thực hành. Đây là những luận án được đánh giá rất cao về khả năng ứng dụng, là một tài liệu quý cho những người nghiên cứu về dược học. Samael Aun Weor, founder of the International Gnostic Movement and author of sixty books, lived for many years in close contact with the mysterious natives of the Sierra Nevada of South America. He and his wife Litelantes compiled and verified the knowledge they had been given by the Priests and Doctors of that region,...

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