. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . im fear is predominant, and so nervous superstitiontakes the place of peaceful affection and admiration. Themore successful the European or the mallam, the strongerhis influence must be, and, of course, his talismans also,for the objects which have been in contact with or havebeen constructed by him partake to some extent of his MAGIC—THE SAINTS IND MAGICIANS C55 personality, and are valued accordingly, just as we clingto a place for its old associations, and treat with 1 lu-greatest love and veneration a broken toy whi
. The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa . im fear is predominant, and so nervous superstitiontakes the place of peaceful affection and admiration. Themore successful the European or the mallam, the strongerhis influence must be, and, of course, his talismans also,for the objects which have been in contact with or havebeen constructed by him partake to some extent of his MAGIC—THE SAINTS IND MAGICIANS C55 personality, and are valued accordingly, just as we clingto a place for its old associations, and treat with 1 lu-greatest love and veneration a broken toy which oncebelonged to a dear parent now dead and lost to us. The same idea is held with regard to the rags seenhanging to the tree in 111. 26, for having been touchedby the women, they have become in a way part ofthemselves, and when left on the tree they cause to beduplicated in the rest of the body (the person herself)the influence which is produced in them by the spiritsimprisoned in the tree. The connexion between therag and the woman is comparable with the fact that.
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