Re: Using METONYMS; was: O Duty (Was: "If")
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 4:02 |
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On Tue, 25 May 1999 10:10:15 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...>
wrote:
>Herman Miller wrote:
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>> [T]he Nikta might use a harp (representing music), Mizarians might
>> use a representation of a foot (for ritual dances), and Zireen would
>> undoubtedly use a flower (representing sexuality). None of these =
traditions
>> have much to do with spirituality as it is imagined in human =
religions.
>
>Which human religions? Protestants, Shakers, and Tantrics might
>not agree.
Perhaps "spiritualism" would be a better word? But even "spirit" is too
ambiguous. The furry people don't share the belief in non-material =
entities
inhabiting their bodies that a number of human religions assume. I'm too
tired to remember if there is an English word with that definition.
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