23 Questions
Which religion teaches the manifestation of the world from a primal 'Way' into Yin and Yang principles?
Daoism
Which movement was founded in New York in 1875 and had ties to occultism?
Theosophical Society
Which tradition is often concerned with the nature of the afterlife and includes the triad Isis, Osiris, and Horus?
Egyptian religion
Which religion is associated with the Vedas, Upaniṣads, legends of gods and goddesses, and the Bhagavad Gita?
Hinduism
Which mystical dimension of Islam often stresses internal self-reflection and teachings on 'fana' (dissolution) and 'baqa' (subsistence) in Allah?
Sufism
Which theory seeks to explain how people explain events?
Attribution theory
Which is the belief in spiritual beings?
Animism
Which is a premodern worldview of reality?
Archaic ontology
Which word means yoking or union, often includes physical practices and breathing techniques to still the mind?
Yoga
Which is a serpentine energy in Haṭha Yoga and Tantric texts, usually located in root-support chakra?
Kundalini
Which is an experience of awe that many people describe as religious?
The numinous
Which is the idea of a Western gaze on the East that 'otherizes' for the sake of political and economic gain?
Orientalism
Who is known for developing the idea of the 'numinous' and theories of spiritual awe and wonder?
Rudolf Otto
Who is the author of 'The Golden Bough' and looked at the intersections of magic, religion, and science?
James George Frazer
Who is known for developing the idea of animism or a pervading spirit in nature?
Edward Tylor
Who is behind the 'Sacred Books of the East' series?
Max Müller
Who is a Russian medium and occult author who took an interest in Indian spirituality and helped found the Theosophical Society?
Helena Blavatsky
Who is known as a scholar of comparative mythology and pioneer of the history of religions and yoga studies?
Mircea Eliade
Who developed the theory of Orientalism?
Edward Said
Who developed a theory of the spectacle as obscuring the reality of labor?
Guy Debord
Who is known for developing the idea of cultural hegemony, or dominant classes using culture to maintain power?
Antonio Gramsci
What lens most emphasizes the study of human culture and daily life?
Anthropology
What lens most emphasizes the study of texts and languages?
Philology
Test your knowledge of various disciplines related to the human mind and cultural studies with this quiz on psychology, cognitive science of religion, anthropology, mythology, philology, and theosophy. Identify key concepts and theories in these fields and see how much you know about the study of human behavior, culture, and language.
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