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  2. List of substances used in rituals - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of species and genera that are used as entheogens or are used in an entheogenic concoction (such as ayahuasca). For ritualistic use they may be classified as hallucinogens. The active principles and historical significance of each are also listed to illustrate the requirements necessary to be categorized as an entheogen.

  3. Incense offering - Wikipedia

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    The incense offering (Hebrew: קְטֹרֶת ‎ qəṭōreṯ) in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense in the time of the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period, and was an important component of priestly liturgy in the Temple in Jerusalem.

  4. TV Tropes - Wikipedia

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    TV Tropes is a wiki that collects and documents descriptions and examples of plot conventions and devices, which it refers to as tropes, within many creative works. [7] Since its establishment in 2004, the site has shifted focus from covering various tropes to those in general media, toys, writings, and their associated fandoms, as well as some non-media subjects such as history, geography ...

  5. Holy anointing oil - Wikipedia

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    While sources agree about the identity of four of the five ingredients of anointing oil, the identity of the fifth, kaneh bosem, has been a matter of debate.The Bible indicates that it was an aromatic cane or grass, which was imported from a distant land by way of the spice routes, and that a related plant grows in Israel (kaneh bosem is referenced as a cultivated plant in the Song of Songs 4:14.

  6. Entheogen - Wikipedia

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    The adjective entheos translates to English as "full of the god, inspired, possessed", and is the root of the English word "enthusiasm". The Greeks used it as praise for poets and other artists. Genesthai means "to come into being". Thus, an entheogen is a drug that causes one to become inspired or to experience feelings of inspiration, often ...

  7. Category:Tropes - Wikipedia

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  8. List of fictional atheists and agnostics - Wikipedia

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    When Rev. Clifford tries to convince Strayer to believe in God, he responds that there is "no way in hell". [citation needed] Andrew Ryan: BioShock: Half Antagonist in BioShock, created the underwater city of Rapture as a refuge from a world consumed by government, altruism and religion. "I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky." [14 ...

  9. Church of the SubGenius - Wikipedia

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    The Church of the SubGenius is a parody religion [1] that satirizes better-known belief systems.It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, who is revered as a prophet by the Church.