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aeg7256
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How do the Benandanti use syncretism to suppress any resurgence of the ancient traditions?

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Posted by aeg7256 on Friday June 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM and tagged with elizabeth hand, waking the moon.

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  1. appletrees
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    Syncretism is the blending or melding together of more than one spiritual belief, practice or tradition into a unique system, thereby having the potential to bring together unrelated traditions. The Benandanti in the novel are a secret society that are trying to prevent the rise of the goddess worship cult on the campus and, by extension, in the world. But by trying to suppress this belief, they utilize practices and beliefs that would normally appear to be related to such a belief system, such as astrology, alchemy, astral projection and shamanic journeying.

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    Posted by appletrees on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 9:19 PM