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Primal Religions The religious beliefs and practices of human beings in hunger/gatherer societies Myth & Mythology – the sacred stories and rituals of a particular people or culture

Paleolithic Age 200,000 – 10,000 years ago

Why are people Religious? Three views: Functionalism – Religion makes society stronger and gives it survival value Marxism – Religion is the attempt by some to hold power over others Experientialism – Religion is based in an experience of Transcendence –beyond our power and understanding and Sacredness

Animism The forces of the natural world transcend us nourish us, threaten us, we depend on them, we can’t control much about them. My body is controlled by my soul/spirit, so everything in the world must also be controlled by my soul/spirit (anthropomorphism)

What Primal Religion is about Death The origin and solidarity of the tribe (community) The Ancestors The spirits of nature (animism) Birth Puberty Marriage Becoming a parent

Burial

The Shaman and the Caves

Neolithic Age 10,000 – 5,000 years ago

The Story teller

The First Cities

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Priests

The Axial Age 800BCE – 200BCE 1) Ethics becomes central to region 2) Religion becomes much more personal, you don’t leave in all with the priests and tempe