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Religion is communal because it binds people together through shared beliefs, however magic involves no permanent ties between believers and only temporary ties between individuals / magicians.

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we chose periods as our example of a rite of passage. A rite of passage is a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death. A girl getting her period is her rite of passage into womanhood. Some cultures even create whole ceremonies around this, such as the kalahari tribe that, when a girl gets her period they hold a ceremony in a hut where no men are allowed, women dance around the hut and afterwards their husband joins them.

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We described magic as the process of guiding/cultivating energy through different means to achieve a purpose. We described ways that most if not all religions use magic in one way or another. We discussed the common practice of praying as a simple way to achieve “magic” in basic religious practices. We also discussed the question of what magic really is. We asked questions like what constitutes magic, such as illusions or prayers. We discussed how there are different types of magic, such as illusions, manifestation, and other rituals. Our outside sources outline the basic idea that magic isn’t a tangible, scientifically backed process, but rather the starting point for metaphors and ideas that give off a deeper meaning to individuals.

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there are 2 types of magic, imitative which seeks a specific result, and contagious where there is a transference (both involve rituals). all of us are open to magic but are hesitant with magic beyond imitative. interestingly, our secondary source said magic is not a proper religion nor a rational science - more of a "puzzling phenomenon" (https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/magic). this is different from the book on page 384, that "religion, almost everywhere, contains some components of magic."

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Attempts to define and describe magic must reckon with this concept’s slipperiness, as magic is often understood against what supposedly it is not: typically, ‘proper’ religion and ‘rational’ science, even though both religion and science are objects just as elusive. Despite its ambiguous status and…

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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke writes: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.  A primitive tribe would think our phones are magic, as they cannot explain how they work. Magic to us is the secrets of the universe and how life came to be. In all, magic is anything that cannot be explained through logical means.

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Reincorporation is when a couple is legally married. This can be a religious marriage or non-religious; this is entirely up to those being married. During reincorporation some customs people may follow are to live together, change their last name, share a bank account, etc.

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In Baptism, first is separation when the baby is being handed over to the religious figure, the baby has not yet been purified.

Second is Liminality, the process of the Baptism is putting the person into this cleansing ritual to come out anew.

Lastly is It needs to be cleaned and made anew into the church, sometimes becoming a part of the church or being re-incorporated into the church.

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This baptism in Georgia is enough to make your head spin

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New parents in Tbilisi, Georgia queued up to have their children blessed at the Trinity Cathedral in celebration of the Epiphany on January 19. The mass baptism was an invention of Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II, seen to be one of the most influential men in the country.

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https://youtu.be/XwvIFO9srUw

We thought that a rite of passage is normally symbolic of a transformation for an individual. Growing up, or stepping into a new role in society.

In the video we watched, the young men had to wear gloves full of bullet ants 20 times. They would experience agonizing pain (each sting 30 times more painful than a bee sting). They also did a tribal dance and participated in a ceremony simultaneously. They endured these acts of suffering to “become a better man” and make them stronger.

Part 1 – thoughts leading up to the rite of passage (we thought this would a scary part, full of anxiety)

Part 2 – participation in the rite of passage (wearing the gloves)

Part 3 – post-ritual celebration

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Could You Pass the Bullet Ant Test? | National Geographic

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Sacredness is the first thing that will be taught and acknowledged within any religion. It is taught as a collective, meaning that even the most disconnected people from a religion will still have a reverence for the sacred if they have some sort of root in the religion. This is especially evident in the photograph on page 381, where in an extremely busy intersection in India, a sacred cow sits completely unperturbed.

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The definition of sacred is “Refers to those collective representations that are set apart from society, or that which transcends the humdrum of everyday life” His definition of profane on the other hand “Is everything else, all those mundane things like our jobs, our bills, and our rush hour commute”.

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Religion is communal because it binds people together through shared beliefs, however magic involves no permanent ties between believers and only temporary ties between individuals / magicians.