Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold
Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold
Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold 1
Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold 2
Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold 3

Kore Mask - Bambara People - Mali (LS3) - Sold

THE KORE IS THE LAST OF THE SIX INITIATION SOCIETIES. THESE SOCIETIES, RUN BY A FEW ELDERS, ACT IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MEDICAL CAPACITY AND EXERCISE SOCIAL CONTROL OVER THE COMMUNITY. INITIATION FOR MEN LASTS FOR SEVEN YEARS & ENDS WITH THEIR SYMBOLIC DEATH & THEIR REBIRTH TO TEACH THEM THAT BODILY DEATH DOES NOT MEAN SUFFERING AND FINALITY, IT MEANS UNION WITH GOD. THE KORE TEACHES SELF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE DOCTRINE THAT THEY UNDERGO ENDLESS REINCARNATIONS. WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE KORE, EVERY TIME HE RETURNS TO EARTH, GOD REMOVES FROM THE REINCARNATED PERSON A PORTION OF HIS SPIRITUAL NATURE, AND KEEPS IT IN HEAVEN. THEREFORE, IF UNINITIATED, AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF REINCARNATIONS, THE DEITY WILL BECOME COMPLETELY REABSORBED. TO AVOID THIS, THE KORE SOCIETY SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE ASSIMILATION WITH GOD TO ENSURE COUNTLESS REINCARNATIONS. THIS ENTAILS ENDURING THE INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD INTO ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSES OF THE KORE. THIS IS A KORE DUGA MASK, AND REPRESENTS THE SPIRITUAL JOYS AND PLEASURES EXPERIENCED BY THOSE WHO REACH THE STAGE OF UNION WITH GOD. 14.5"H x 7"W x 6"D
THE KORE IS THE LAST OF THE SIX INITIATION SOCIETIES. THESE SOCIETIES, RUN BY A FEW ELDERS, ACT IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MEDICAL CAPACITY AND EXERCISE SOCIAL CONTROL OVER THE COMMUNITY. INITIATION FOR MEN LASTS FOR SEVEN YEARS & ENDS WITH THEIR SYMBOLIC DEATH & THEIR REBIRTH TO TEACH THEM THAT BODILY DEATH DOES NOT MEAN SUFFERING AND FINALITY, IT MEANS UNION WITH GOD. THE KORE TEACHES SELF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE DOCTRINE THAT THEY UNDERGO ENDLESS RE-INCARNATIONS. BUT, WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE KORE, EVERY TIME HE RETURNS TO EARTH, GOD REMOVES FROM THE REINCARNATED PERSON A PORTION OF HIS SPIRITUAL NATURE, AND KEEPS IT IN HEAVEN. THEREFORE, IF UNINITIATED, AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF REINCARNATIONS, THE DEITY WILL BECOME COMPLETELY REABSORBED. TO AVOID THIS, THE KORE SOCIETY SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE ASSIMILATION WITH GOD TO ENSURE COUNTLESS REINCARNATIONS. THIS ENTAILS ENDURING THE INTENSIVE TRAINING PERIOD INTO ONE OF THE EIGHT CLASSES OF THE KORE. THIS IS A KORE DUGA MASK, AND REPRESENTS THE SPIRITUAL JOYS AND PLEASURES EXPERIENCED BY THOSE WHO REACH THE STAGE OF UNION WITH GOD. Ex James Schmidt Collection 14.5"H x 7"W x 6"D
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