The semiosis of prayer and the creation of plausible fictional worlds

Prayer and incantation can perhaps be said to be 'mechanisms' that promise that lack will be liquidated and that there is an unlimited signator, a father, or some other metaphysical creature, standing behind and legitimizing the discourse. A way of communicating with the Unlimited that is...

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Main Author: J. Södergård
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 1999-02-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67276