... being, and their rituals have provided a means of awareness and cleansing for them. Charms such as omamoris, traffic and money charms are exchanged between friends and family for protection and luck. Festivals are the local expressions that bring specific families into their religious communities" temples and shrines. Small and individualized cults, called ko, are also part of devotion in Japan, usually ... ...

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... flaws of the microbe hunters -- which effectively makes the point that science, like many other forms of modern human achievement, may be as much the product of neurosis as of joy. He shows that some of his heroes were slovenly while others were methodical, some were singlemindedly devoted to a particular problem while others had fleeting attention spans, some were ruthlessly ambitious ... ...

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