Essay On Hydesville Rappings

When most western people think about Native American or African religions there is a certain stigma that comes with the topic. This is in part because there is a lot of misinformation in the world about Native American and African religions. When most westerners think of African religions they think of voodoo and black magic. Likewise, the view of Native American religions is still looked at through the lens of the pilgrims who wrote about Native Americans as being savages and less than human. These stereotypes were all formed from a lack of accurate information. African and Native American religions are very similar. It is difficult to find a lot of accurate information on African and Native American indigenous religions because of the lack of written history but there is a lot of oral history that has been passed down from generation to generation. From this information, it is clear that Native American and African religions have many more similarities than they do differences. Three of these similarities will be discussed in this paper. The first topic of discussion is the similarity between African and Native American people when it comes to their perception of the spirit world. Following this topic are the similarities between Native American and African views on the afterlife and finally, the diversity of beliefs within African and Native American religions.

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the spirits of the dead and facilitate their resurrection” (Phillips 2005, 16). Indians began to practice their

Spirituality gives meaning and purposes to their belief (51). In Reconnecting science and spirituality, Walach defines spirituality as “a way to understand the natural makeup of the world by means of rational methods of inquiry”. This quotes allows the world to have faith in their own beliefs (425). The happenings in Hydesville involving the Fox sisters started to increase the rate of mediums around the world (Walliss 129). Spiritualism started to have a greater influence of people’s lives. People started to go to mediums to communicate with lost love ones. Spiritualism was given closures to people in the world (Walliss

Many of the oldest recorded paleographical records that are left from China’s ancient history have shown the significance of communication with the spiritual world. The concept of the Chinese spiritual world evolved large from the Chinese focus on filial piety and the harmony that exists between those alive and deceased. A diviner would use his or her interpretation to assist patrons in how to proceed by interpreting events, signs or contact with forces that are supernatural.

This established that certain people could communicate with the spirit world by sitting and developing. It brought like minded people together in peace. It began widespread and mediums started to communicate with the two worlds. Victorian’s took it to new levels and started table turning in their living rooms. From this activity, curiosity had been aroused from people wanting to speak with their relatives and friends. Even Queen Victoria and Prince Albert participated in spiritual séances. This lead on to spiritual associations, Lyceums and churches being established. Outsiders started to see these practices to be fraudulent or even evil. The Roman Catholic churches in 1898 disapproved of these public displays. They did allow however scientific research into Mediumship phenomena. A scientist proved the phenomena was genuine. In 1901 the foundation of the Spiritualist National Union Limited was

In Thugz Ville, North Carolina there lives four families. All four families consist of a mom, dad and five kids. The first family is Esmeralda and her husband Ben along with their five children Ashley, Jack, Brett, Jessica, and Cassie. The second family includes Mayra her husband Alex and their five children Bentley, Karmen, Cooper, Natalee, and Jackson. The third family holds Reagan and her husband Bailey and their five kids Camden, Brooklyn, Grayson, Mackenzie, and Bennett. The last family includes Krystal and her husband Collin and their five children Blake, Heather, Maddie, Tori, and Tyler. These four families live in a run down, sketchy neighborhood, and it includes top security to protect all vehicles and prized possessions; including

Boyz in the Hood is a statement of how urban youth have been passed a legacy of tragic indifference, and the writer has shown that it is an almost inescapable fate for those born into racism and poverty to repeat the patterns they wish to escape. The movie’s characters are clear representations of how the system fails young black youth in the United States, and the difference one mentor can make for these kids. During segregation young black children became targets for white brutality. This movie reflects what the European mentality and what it has done to the African American culture.

The controversy of Hip-Hop and Rap being that it is “only about violence” or “uninfluential” is one that has been around since the eighties. But is it really all about violence, sex, drugs, or protest? Yes, there are rap groups that only rap about violence, sex, drugs, or protest, but that is a genre called “trap” music. When mentioning of the original artists in the trap music genre, rappers such as Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, and Lil’ Wayne come to mind which rap about sex, drugs, and violence. There are other genres that rap about enlightenment, good morals, and inspiration called “conscious rap.” Conscious hip hop or socially conscious hip-hop is a subgenre of hip hop that consists of political, religious, third-eye enlightenment, or philosophical relations. Most people only think there is one genre of rap and that is “trap” and that is the genre most people don’t realize even exist. With the rise of popularity of conscious rap hopefully people will have a second and better opinion of the upcoming genre.

By definition, a “psychic medium” is an individual who regularly experiences communication with the spirit world. This ability makes it possible for skilled mediums to give accurate and specific information about the person who has passed on. On a socially relevant front, there is a growing interest in mediumship. This want and need to learn about the sixth sense has brought healthy skepticism and a better understanding of the life and potential of an intuitive personality. True psychic mediums are more than the over dramatic cinema depictions they are given. They have changed the viewpoint on handling grief, the afterlife, and the world as we know it. Through the expansive knowledge of the varying capabilities and true life stories, the

The most popular and influential form of African-American pop music of the 1980's and 1990's, rap is also one of the most controversial styles of the rock era. And not just among the guardians of cultural taste and purity that have always been counted among rock 'n' roll's chief enemies--Black, White, rock and soul audiences continue to fiercely debate the musical and social merits of rap, whose most radical innovations subverted many of the musical and cultural tenets upon which rock was built. Antecedents of rap are easy to find in rock with other kinds of music. Music is often used to tell a story, often with spoken rhymes over instruments and rhythms. Talking blues, spoken passages of sanctified prose in gospel,

"Obviously rap music is too violent. It serves as a musical accompaniment to the entire underclass culture of violence," says the author of "See No Evil", David Klinghoffer, in an article in the National Review. This extremely narrow minded philosophy has neglected to discover what rap music really is and what it means to its millions of buyers, who are mostly of upper-class status. Rap is not only music, it is also a black cultural expression that prioritizes black voices from urban America, and it is a form of rhymed storytelling accompanied by highly rhythmic, electronically based music. Rap music is a form of art or expression like any other type of music. Rap music in itself is not violent. Rap music of today is merely a reflection of

     Imagine an inner city kid having grown u in an environment where real life street violence is a way of life. His body, having survived personal experiences of violence, endured barely life sustained conditions, and many sleepless nights caused by the constant yet unpredictable call of death. His mind doubtful over where his next meal will come from, lost in search of some higher guidance, struggling through a world, not of innocent childish fantasies, but trapped in a forced reality. His only outlet is the loud blaring music coddling his already pent-up rage, an escape from these harsh realities, seducing him to a life of violence. In him is created a “me against the world” mentality that is manifested in

The fear I held as a child that my body would become a vessel for other souls to enter was intensified. This was my first impression of my first time in a cemetery and I was not off to a good start. As I grabbed a map to find my way around, I began to dread the walk through the cemetery and having to see all the lives lost, especially those who lost their lives before they even really began. However, to my surprise, as I made my way through the graveyard this feeling of sadness slipped away. The sun began to shine through the clouds of gray and illuminated both the cemetery and my mood. I was delighted to notice that many of the tombstones I encountered read that these lives that were lost were not taken too soon. Most of the people had lived over eighty years and were buried next to fellow family members who also lived just as long. It was nice to see that many people were laid to rest next to family so they wouldn’t have to enter the next life

I changed my mind about rap music. Growing up, I never really liked it, the quick beats, the vast usage of inappropriate words not equipped for my adolescent ears disgusted me. I associated rap music as being "dirty," only discussing explicit topics and having no real meaning. While everyone else in high school was blaring Drake and Lil Wayne in the parking lots, I was perfectly okay with listening to Demi Lovato or John Legend. During my sophomore year of high school, my friend kept pestering me to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, and even though the songs were raps, I realized I loved it. Eventually, I started to not associate all rap music as detrimental and discovered that some rappers rapped about important messages of adversity, conflict, and pain. This lead me to listen to Chance the Rapper's "Coloring Book, " Childish Gambino's "Red Bone and J Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only." I realized that rap is just poetry with accompaniment, poetry that has the rhythm and style to bring generations of people together.