It is also not a religious or a
semireligious movement.
Man does indeed stand in great "need" of religion: wherefore, whenever the traditional religion of a civilization is weakening, and irreligious patterns of thought acquire ascendency in men's minds, a secondary appearance of
semireligious or para-religious attitudes can be observed.
The pair soon work out that the murder is linked to a
semireligious cult with its root in alchemy thanks to the image from a book deliberately left at the crime scene and a distinctive tattoo adorning the victim's chest.
The
semireligious terminology is deliberate; the path from poem to prayer is a short one.
I saw men in goat hair, bones, and seashell costumes, and cross-dressed as black widows: altogether
semireligious and semi-devilish and truly disturbing.
The Courtly Lover thought of himself as acting in a
semireligious context, serving the all powerful god of love and worshipping his 'lady saint.'
Despite these minor shortcomings, Eckley's epic biography of a
semireligious Victorian reformer reveals much about Britain and the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the dark side of life in London, the struggle for women's rights, the influence of the press, the intricacy of international politics, and even spiritualism.
These rituals have
semireligious undertones and come to represent "humanity's dark liturgy." Further, war and interactive conflict shape the identities of participants, cultivating cohesion, motivation, and awareness.
I remember studying a primitive group of Siberian Inuit, who - as part of their culture - used hallucinogenic mushrooms to achieve a
semireligious experience.
However, they were often accompanied by a wish for the success of the operation in the form of religious or
semireligious phrases.