: Saints of the Atlas . Ernest Gellner.

The saints of epilepsy.

E PILEPSY, at least in its grand mal variety, presents so dramatic and, to the lay observer, so terrifying a spectacle that it is not strange that its victims readily resorted to supernatural aid for alleviation. Unlike so many other diseases it offers no external signs of its presence and the horrifying suddenness with which apparently healthy and normal people could be transformed into writhi...

The Importance of Being “ Ernest ”

1. Introduction In a scene in " The Importance of Being Earnest " Oscar Wilde pinpoints an array of properties of religious ritual systems that cognitive theorizing about religious rituals, viz., the theory of religious ritual competence, has subsequently systematized (Lawson and McCauley 1990; McCauley and Lawson 2002). To the amusement of hundreds of audiences, Wilde's play also identifies a ...

The saints among the Saints: a study of curanderismo in Utah.

Ernest Blacker

The uniqueness of individuals is a striking scientific fact, but it is just one of those facts that can hardly be done justiceto in an obituary notice. In writing this brief memoir of my departed friend, Ernest Blacker, I am regretfully conscious of this shortcoming. It may, however, be stated that his was a cheery, neat, alert and debonair personality, rich in human sympathies and sociabilitie...

Ernest H

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