A cross-cultural study of selected topics in the anthropology of ritual and religion including rites of passage, witchcraft, sorcery, myth, magic, spirits, death, symbols, ancestors, altered states of ...

USF study uncovers hallucinogenic use in Egyptian rituals, highlighting the role of Bes mugs in ancient ceremonies.

Researchers suggest that kissing evolved from grooming behaviors in great apes, shedding new light on this seemingly ...

Religion is a broad term, embodying not only belief in a supernatural power but also an elaborate web of myth, theology and ritual. Even Communist Russia and China, perhaps the first human ...