{"id":1360,"date":"2023-11-10T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=1360"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:14:58","slug":"fetishism","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/fetishism\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetishism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fetishism is the superstitious worship of fetishes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">amulet<\/a>s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/talisman\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A talisman, amulet, or fetish is an artificial object that is believed to have a soul or to be endowed with power. It is worn or worshipped as a protection for personal safety. By wearing these supposed symbols of power and protection, people give them credibility and trust. Amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, meaning&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">talisman<\/a>s. A fetish is an energetic object believed to give strength and health, protection and help in all kinds of emergencies. Fetishism is the worship of these supposed symbols of power and protection.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">amulet<\/a> is an object charged with power for ( alleged ) protection against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a>al or demonic dangers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Amulet<\/a>s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/talisman\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A talisman, amulet, or fetish is an artificial object that is believed to have a soul or to be endowed with power. It is worn or worshipped as a protection for personal safety. By wearing these supposed symbols of power and protection, people give them credibility and trust. Amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, meaning&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">talisman<\/a>s can be any object or part of the organic or inorganic world to which people attribute a charge of power.<\/p>\n<p>The effect of fetishes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">amulet<\/a>s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/talisman\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A talisman, amulet, or fetish is an artificial object that is believed to have a soul or to be endowed with power. It is worn or worshipped as a protection for personal safety. By wearing these supposed symbols of power and protection, people give them credibility and trust. Amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, meaning&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">talisman<\/a>s is enhanced by inscriptions, especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a> word. The fact that this cult has its roots in pagan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/magic\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The chapter on &ldquo;Magic&rdquo; deals with the genuine form of magic, i.e. sorcery and the art of conjuring, and not with magic tricks or fraudulent attempts at manipulation or quackery. Genuine magical healing methods and diagnoses make use of psychic powers. These magical processes are not just harmless superstition. Magical powers can be developed through&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">magic<\/a> is important for assessing fetishism today.<\/p>\n<p>Fetishism is not only a phenomenon of antiquity, but also of modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/superstition\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Superstition is the belief in the supernatural. Objects are attributed guiding magical powers that are supposed to bring either good or bad luck or protect the person. Superstitions are found in people of all cultures, walks of life, and times. Superstitious people put their trust in an object they wear around their neck or as&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">superstition<\/a>. The worship of hair, feathers, nails, horns, claws, teeth, spiders, scarabs, pigs, laurel, garlic, stems, threads, cords, tassels, ribbons, flint, spearheads, etc. In antiquity and among primitive peoples, the same idolisation of four-leaf clovers, lucky pennies, lucky mushrooms, lucky pigs, horseshoes, letters of good luck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">amulet<\/a>s, relics, Easter water, mascots, chimney sweeps as symbols of good luck, as well as the fear of owls, ravens, spiders, black cats, old women, the stopping of the clock, the number 13 and the like as messengers of bad luck, has its parallel. (Source: &ldquo;Christian Counselling and Occultism&rdquo;, Dr. Kurt E. Koch)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kurt E. Koch: &ldquo;Occult objects such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/amulet\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The amulet (Latin: amuletum = power giver) is an object to which magical powers are attributed to bring good luck or protect against harm. Amulets are worn on the body or in clothing. Wearing amulets is a custom that is thousands of years old and widespread across all countries and is known in all religions.&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">amulet<\/a>s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/glossar\/talisman\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A talisman, amulet, or fetish is an artificial object that is believed to have a soul or to be endowed with power. It is worn or worshipped as a protection for personal safety. By wearing these supposed symbols of power and protection, people give them credibility and trust. Amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, meaning&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">talisman<\/a>s, fetishes, mascots, letters from heaven, letters of good luck, letters of fire, idols and all cultic objects of non-Christian religions are crystallisation points for demonic powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetishism is the superstitious worship of fetishes, amulets and talismans. A fetish is an energetic object believed to give strength and health, protection and help in all kinds of emergencies. Fetishism is the worship of these supposed symbols of power and protection. An amulet is an object charged with power for ( alleged ) protection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1360","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/1360\/revisions\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schriftenmission.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}