The author weaves translations from salient passages in dharani sutras and ritual manuals together with descriptions of cultic artifacts found in funerary contexts to discuss the wearing of dharani amulets, incantation cords and armlets, amulet sheets, manuscripts, and their relationship with various types of altars to present a dynamic image of a host of ritual and devotional practices associated with the Incantation of
Wish Fulfillment.
In other words, like Dad Longworth, Pat Garrett too was developed into a kind of
wish fulfillment.
The idea came from a partnership between AMERICAN FORESTS and Gahl Sasson and Steve Weinstein, authors of the book A Wish Can Change Your Life, which explores metaphorical and literal trees as a means of
wish fulfillment.
Society tends to inflict sexual incapacity on the aging person as a kind of
wish fulfillment, as if to say, "You are old and finished with life, so you should be finished with sex--especially since trying to meet your sex-related needs might add to the bother of looking after you.
Finally, the incessant
wish fulfillment via magic or money becomes tiresome.
The public celebration Victoria and her troops receive marks a greater
wish fulfillment, transforming monstrous Amazons into national heroes.
Many of these ideas deserved further exploration; for example, the fact that so many of the book's protagonists hail from similarly unhappy childhoods, and also that today's mainstream, mass-marketed violent fantasies seem to have largely sprung from misplaced
wish fulfillment and aggression in the minds of the isolated and socially maladroit.
Occasionally," says Mockbee, "an unusual outing will be planned as part of our
wish fulfillment program.
AN occasional series where I shall be pointing out some of the inconsistenciesuttered by Mr Gerry Burns as he tries to convince us that his collection of pet ideas and
wish fulfillment will result in a new, effective education system in Northern Ireland.
Freud's emphasis on
wish fulfillment in dreams needs revision too, according to neuroscientist Antti Revonsuo of the University of Turku in Finland.
Least of all now can we afford to become victimized by our own propaganda or to fall prey to
wish fulfillment.
At the
Wish Fulfillment Center, consumers can select a wish or enter their own, and a 4Genie will reply with a customized-video response.
