"Bruce Holland Rogers - In the Matter of the Ukdena" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rogers Bruce Holland)

Aroism (from Spanish, aro, hoop), European term for the plurality of religious beliefs and practices to
which the vast majority of North Americans adhere. Arising initially as a synthesis of indigenous beliefs
and the religions brought to the Americas by Europeans, Aroism has developed in syncretism with the
religious and cultural evolution of the hemisphere. Aroist belief is generally characterized by sacralization
of all phenomena, but special emphasis is given to particular sacred locales and to Mother Earth in
general. Similar in some aspects to Animism, Aroism calls upon believers to communicate with the
natural world as they interact with it so that their actions may be in harmony with the natural order. As
Western technological practices such as mining and deep-furrow agriculture were introduced, Aroist
beliefs evolved to allow for resource exploitation consistent with sacred regard for the earth. Most
Aroists adhere to traditions of Vision Quest, Ritual Purification, and, for women, Moon Lodge.
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The white tribes
on their part of the world
were as varied as any people,
but there were some things
most of them believed.

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"I'll tell you," said the keynote speaker at the Conference for Spiritual History, "what the white nations
of Europe believed. They believed that children were little bags of sin to be redeemed by beatings. They
believed in the authority of a God King, in the authority of human kings, in the authority of men over
women."
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The white tribes believed in a universe divided
between good and evil,
in a world that was theirs to master
if they could only destroy enough
of the evil.

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Don't get the idea
that these people were creatures of darkness.
Any human being can carry light.

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From: V. Adm. David Many Bears
Fleet Operations
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 To: Capt. Henry Jefferson
U.N.S. Nimitz