Essays about: "ancient magic"

Found 5 essays containing the words ancient magic.

1. 1. A Comparative Analysis of SecurityServices Using Identity and AccessManagement (IAM)

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Nithya Sree Muddychetty; [2024]
   Keywords : Access Control Lists; Identity Access Management; Multi-Factor Authentication; One time password; Single sign on; System Usability Scale; Virtual private network;

   Abstract : Background: Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a critical IT securityframework for managing digital identities and resource access. With roots datingback to ancient civilizations, IAM has evolved from basic authentication to sophisticated methods. READ MORE

3. 2. The Lily of the Nile : A work on the ritualistic use of an ancient flower of immortality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS)

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2021]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; water lily; entheogen; medicine; content analysis; immortality; lotus;

   Abstract : In pharaonic times, religion, magic and medicine had little distinction between each other due to the commonly held belief that all parts of life were influenced and even controlled by divinity and the supernatural. To navigate life easier, and in true Egyptian fashion, a large corpus of text was composed of magic, medicine and religion. READ MORE

4. 3. The significance of believing in healing : On the therapeutic value of spoken words in ancient Egyptian medical papyri

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Tuva Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : magic; medicine; healing; papyri;

   Abstract : Medicine and healing, constantly changing through time, have always been important aspects of life. The desire to avoid the inevitable state of death has driven mankind in all corners of the world to develop certain ways of prolonging life from a very early time. READ MORE

5. 4. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
   Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE

6. 5. A Magic Carpet Trip to the Children’s Books of the Middle East -Discovering the voice of Arabic children’s books of today

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Valentina Cedernil; [2011-09-06]
   Keywords : children s books; middle east; magic carpet; arabic; gender roles; religious message;

   Abstract : In spite of the great literary ancient past of the Middle East, the Arabic children’s book of today is still in its infant stages of development, facing many challenges. This essay initially touches on some of these challenges in order to set a framework in the mind of the reader, which will facilitate the appreciation of the very existence of the books that then will be examined. READ MORE