Sentences with phrase «archaic belief system»
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The latter, particularly, points to a religious or ritual function to these carvings, and indeed to the practice of a form of «shamanism» — that is, an archaic magical or religious belief system which sought connections between the visible and spirit worlds, and which ascribes spiritual properties to animals and natural forces.
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The rock art, Boyd says, displays an archaic core: an ancient belief system that has been widely shared in Mesoamerican mythological traditions.