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'''Ritual''' encompasses a wide range of human activities, including but not limited to [[religion]], [[citizenship]], [[obedience]] and [[personal development]]. One definition, more in the area of [[anthropology]] and religion, is "the visible control of abstract thoughts. Tries to control unpredictable events and the supernatural. Tries to know the unknowable and change the unchangeable." <ref>{{citation | '''Ritual''' encompasses a wide range of human activities, including but not limited to [[religion]], [[citizenship]], [[obedience]] and [[personal development]]. One definition, more in the area of [[anthropology]] and religion, is "the visible control of abstract thoughts. Tries to control unpredictable events and the supernatural. Tries to know the unknowable and change the unchangeable." <ref>{{citation | ||
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Revision as of 21:59, 14 April 2009
Ritual encompasses a wide range of human activities, including but not limited to religion, citizenship, obedience and personal development. One definition, more in the area of anthropology and religion, is "the visible control of abstract thoughts. Tries to control unpredictable events and the supernatural. Tries to know the unknowable and change the unchangeable." [1]