Sentences with phrase «symbolic power so»

A god, in the sense I am using the word, is the name of a great narrative, one that has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power so that it is possible to organize one's life around it.

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So you see, once the ritual was boiled down to the spiritual power within the ritual, the symbolic nature of the ritual disappeared, and the force was in the ritual itself, whether done in large quantities or little.

And because we parents are so concerned about their eating nutritious meals in adequate amounts, their power is actually real instead of just symbolic.

So, the question is really limited to Presidents, and keep in mind that in most countries that have a President, the power of the post is closer to that of a constitutional monarch (i.e. mostly symbolic) rather than a post closer to the U.S. President, who does have real independent power.

Red can be symbolic of so many things... death, blood, anger, evil, love, power, prestige, crime, or danger — depending on your cultural background.

We find that money is often symbolic of so many things: class, sex, power, competition, etc. and is frequently used as a proxy for fighting.