PPT-Tea: Chemistry and Social Ritual

Kotomi Yamamura Final Presentation SOS ILC I will read portions of the book Tea a symposium on the pharmacology and psychological effects of tea therapeutic effects of tea Chemistry and applications of green tea caffeinated beverages health benefits physiological effects and chemistry Plus any additional media books or peer reviewed research papers that will support my ability to synthesize my research. Ritual. “any repeated, ordered, patterned and shared behavior” . as “. imaginative and interpretive act[s] through which we express and create meaning”. . --Anderson and Foley. . Ritual. Helps us get through anxiety of transitions. Meant to bring about harm. Ex: The Fore (from Ch. 1). Cause of . Kuru. – Sorcery ritual.. Steal something of the victim. ’. s, mix with leaves/bark/stones, bind into a package. Recite a harmful spell, bury into the cold, muddy ground. Victim then develops uncontrollable shaking of . 1. preliminaries. definitions decide what you will find. historically defined group (descending from . Coxinga. /Ming loyalists/etc.). type: organized ethnically Chinese crime. group sharing specific rituals and myths (my preference). Patterned, recurring sequence of events. Morning, bedtime, workout, TV, Homework rituals.. These ritual activities are . secular. (non-religious). Ritual. Religious Rituals. Involves religious paraphernalia/symbols like prayers, offerings, sacred literature recitations, etc.. Primary mechanism of cooperation. Ritual is widespread in the animal kingdom where cautious communication is required. Deep evolutionary history. Primate social rituals. As highly social creatures primates have a wealth of social rituals. Radcliff-Brown. TABOO. Taboo- ‘. tabu. ’- to forbid, forbidden, any kind of prohibition. Polynesian . Tabu. - newly-born infant, a corpse, and the chief are considered . Tabu. .. Individuals who are . Birth. A . detailed series of life-cycle rituals (. samskara. , or refinements) mark major transitions in the life of the individual. . Especially . orthodox Hindu families may invite Brahman priests to their homes to officiate at these rituals, complete with sacred fire and recitations of mantras. JOURNAL: Dimensions of religion: How do you think it happened?. Ancient theories: Herodotus (5. th. C BCE) Cicero (3. rd. C BCE) . Judaism and Christianity: so different?. Explorers and Missionaries. Major Sources:. Rossano. , M.J. (2013) . Mortal rituals: What the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution. . New York: Columbia University Press. . Rossano. , M.J. (2010). . Supernatural selection: How religion evolved. . Major Sources:. Rossano. , M.J. (2013) . Mortal rituals: What the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution. . New York: Columbia University Press. . Rossano. , M.J. (2010). . Supernatural selection: How religion evolved. . Mortal rituals: What . the story of the . Andes survivors . tells . us about human evolution. . New York: Columbia University Press. . Rossano, M.J. (2010). . Supernatural selection: How religion evolved. . Ritual is widespread in the animal kingdom where cautious communication is required. Deep evolutionary history. Primate social rituals. As highly social creatures primates have a wealth of social rituals. 00_Bouquet 23/8/04 2:51 PM Page 1 This is exactly the point made Secular Ritual. Religious. Ritual. Deeper Meaning of Ritual. Symbolic actions and objects. The Need for Ritual. Food . – ritual killing of animals, hunting. Eg. . Ainu (Japan), North American Indian Tribe .