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power objects,

n.pl 1. in shamanic traditions, natural objects such as stones or bones that are imbued with sacred meaning or power.
2. according to the Pima Indian healing system, items such as roadrunners, buzzard feathers, and jimson weed, which are considered sacred. Nonrespect can lead to sickness known as staying sickness. See also staying sickness.

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staying sickness			In Aimee Bessire's study of Sukuma power objects and healers in Tanzania, ephemerality is understood as part of a broader cultural logic in which expertise, intentionality, and belief all "participate" in the efficacy of the healers' practices. Framing the ephemeral by Purpura, Allyson / African Arts It will allow pupils to investigate how they work, how the energy can be stored and how it can be used to power objects within the school. Ruling lets sun shine on school by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Spirits are understood as directing individual action "(through dreams, visions, direct encounter, or possession of power objects such as stones, shells, masks, or fetishes). Teaching mindfully: a spirituality of collaboration by Ackley, Heather Ann / Academic Exchange Quarterly			pour hole pour-on Pouret technique poussin pouters poverty Poverty of speech poverty weed povidine-iodine povidone povidone iodine povidone-iodine Powassan encephalitis Powassan virus Powassan virus infection powder powder bed Powder Burn Spots Powder Tattoo powder-burn spots powderpuff power power analysis power centric power mode power objects power of attorney power sickness power stroke Power Take-Off Lesion powered PowerHeart powerlessness PowerVision ultrasound system pox Pox Docs Poxviridae poxvirus PP PP-oma PPA ppb PPCA PPCF PPD PPD conversion PPD skin test PPD test PPE PPF PPHN			Power mirror Power mirror Power mirror Power mirrors Power mirrors Power Mobility Device power mode Power Mode Master Power Modulation Symposium Power Modulator Conference power module power module Power Money Sex Power monitor Power Monitoring Power Monitoring and Control System Power MOSFET Power Motor Control Center power mower Power Muff Power Muff Power nap Power napping Power naps Power Networking Business Series Power Networking Lunch Power Nine Power Node Control Center Power Node Switching Center power objects Power of a Lens System Power of a point Power of a point theorem power of acceptance power of appointment power of appointment power of appointment power of attorney power of attorney power of attorney power of attorney power of attorney power of attorney Power of Attorney for Financial Matters Power of Attorney for Health Care Power of attorney is taking money Power of Attorney of Property Power of Attorney Revocation Power of attorney,B20 Power of atty. Rights power of choice power of choosing Power of Connecting Power of Darkness power of determination Power of Dial-A-Song power of directing power of disposal power of entrance Power of humans on demons

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