Fetish

A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular an object created by people that has power over people. Fetishism - History. The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian religion. He and other 18th century scholars used the concept to apply evolution ...

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Fetish: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Fetish

Fetish

(derived from a Portuguese word for medals and crucifixes worn by sailors and extended by them to amulets used by Africans; first used as a generic term by Ch. de Brosses in 1760)

1) An article of paraphernalia used in religious practice, or a physical object representative of religious authority. Fetishes commonly are misunderstood to be objects accorded magical or supernatural powers by their users. Objects such as the perfect ear of corn or Corn Mother, important in religious practices of Pueblos (American Southwest), medicine bundles of various North American tribes, and objects that represent the religious authority of clans in Native American communities are often referred to as fetishes.

2) Small carved stone objects and feather arrangements, with no religious significance, manufactured for commercial sale by modern Native American peoples.

3) An object or body part that arouses sexual desire, sometimes to the exclusion of genital attraction.

Fetish: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Fetish

Fetish

(derived from a Portuguese word for medals and crucifixes worn by sailors and extended by them to amulets used by Africans; first used as a generic term by Ch. de Brosses in 1760)

1) An article of paraphernalia used in religious practice, or a physical object representative of religious authority. Fetishes commonly are misunderstood to be objects accorded magical or supernatural powers by their users. Objects such as the perfect ear of corn or Corn Mother, important in religious practices of Pueblos (American Southwest), medicine bundles of various North American tribes, and objects that represent the religious authority of clans in Native American communities are often referred to as fetishes.

2) Small carved stone objects and feather arrangements, with no religious significance, manufactured for commercial sale by modern Native American peoples.

3) An object or body part that arouses sexual desire, sometimes to the exclusion of genital attraction.

Fetish: Encyclopedia - Smoking fetishism

Smoking fetishism (capnolagnia) is a sexual fetish (paraphilia), consisting of the fetishisation of the smoking of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars or even pipes. It is thought that most smoking fetishists are heterosexual men, though there are small groups of homosexual and bisexual women who have expressed similar interests in the fetish. The smoking fetish appears to be rare enough that its existence went largely unnoticed until the advent of the Internet, when fetishists began to meet online, trading pictures of smokin ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Balloon fetishism

Balloon fetishism is a fetish in which a person is sexually aroused by balloons (possibly including the latex material, shape, colour, smell, or sounds they can make). A person with this fetish is sometimes called a "looner". Balloon fetishism is a somewhat obscure fetish, and most looners seem to be men. There are three general types of balloon fetishists: the non-popper, the popper, and the semi-popper. Non-poppers often (but don't always) have a fear of the loud bang a balloon makes when it bursts, and therefore ...

Fetish: Encyclopedia - Veil fetishism

Veil fetishism is a sexual desire for women wearing veils over their faces. The causes of veil fetishism may include interests in mystery, bondage and the preservation of virginity. Another explaination is that the brain believes veils to be similar to the hymen covering the vagina. Veil fetishism - Overview. Veil fetishists are a diverse group. They may be interested in niqabs, burkas and harem-style veils. Some are attracted to women who wear all-covering Muslim style veils, while others are attrac ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Amputee fetishism

Amputee Fetishism is a fetish focused on amputations, generally of limbs. An Internet virtual community exists, with its own special terminology. Two subtypes of this fetish are generally recognized. Acrotomophilia is an intense desire for one's partner to be an amputee. Acrotomophiles are also known as "devotees." Apotemnophilia is an intense desire to be an amputee. Aptemnophiles are also known as "wannabes." With each, the presence or absence of artificial limbs as an ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Breast fetishism

Breast fetishism is a fetishistic sexual interest in the female breasts, especially their size, shape, display and movement. Particularly in American and Japanese culture, this fixation has increased cultural acceptance of female breast implants. The roots of this phenomenon date back to ancient history, are biologically and culturally driven, and reflect differences in each society. A bountiful bust is seen by some as a symbol of sexuality and attractiveness, especially in large portions of the Western world, although historic ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Commodity fetishism

In Marxist theory, commodity fetishism is an inauthentic state of social relations, said to arise in complex capitalist market systems, where social relationships are confused with their medium, the commodity. The term is introduced in the opening chapter of Karl Marx's main work of political economy, Capital, (1867). Marx's use of the term fetish can be interpreted as an ironic comment on the 'rational', 'scientific' mindset of industrial capitalist societies. In Marx's day, the word was primarily used in the study of p ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Wet and messy fetishism

A wet and messy fetish (WAM) is a form of sexual fetishism that has a person getting aroused by substances applied on the body like mud, shaving foam, custard pudding, chocolate sauce, squirty cream, non-dairy creamer, jelly etc. It could also involve wet clothes, or any combination of the above. The arousal occurs when the substance is deliberately and generously applied to the naked skin, or to the clothes the person is wearing. It also ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Fur

The term fur refers to the body hair of non-human mammals also known as the pelage (like the term plumage in birds). Fur comes from the coats of animals; the animal's coat may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair. Not all mammals have fur; animals without fur may be referred to as "naked", as in The Naked Ape and naked mole rat. Fur usually consists of two main layers: Ground hair or underfur — the bottom layer consisting of wool hairs which tend ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Ribbon Corset

A waist cincher or Ribbon Corset is a type of short corset or broadly belt that is used to pull in the waist. It is very much tighter than an abdominal belt. Ribbon Corset - Function. A type of waist cincher been use as light corset for sleep, and a other type for light summer corset, used next to the skin or outside of the summer dress. But also a elastic waist cincher been use on the outside of corseted dress. Ribbon Corset - In fashion. The waist cincher ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Glabrousness

Glabrousness is the technical term for having a lack of hair or down. Those who are glabrous have either performed depilation, or have medical conditions in which hair does not grow. It is not usually considered to be a sexual fetish, although it can sometimes become one. Glabrousness - Puberty. The preference for hairless genitals is not normally related to any form of attraction towards a pre-pubescent age group. Although the appearance of secondary hair on parts of the body is a sign of pub ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Corporal punishment

Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment. Historically speaking most punishments, whether in judicial, domestic or educational settings were corporal in basis. The practice is generally held to differ from torture in that it is applied for disciplinary reasons and is therefore intended to be limited, rather than intended to totally destroy the will of the victim. The physical and psychological effects of certain severe or prolonged forms of corporal punishment ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Urination

Urination, also called micturition, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. The process of urination is usually under voluntary control. When control over urination is lost or absent, this is called urinary incontinence. Urination - Urinary System. The micturition reflex is activated when the urinary bladder wall is stretched; it results in urination. This reflex occurs in the spinal cord, specifically in the sacral regi ...

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Fetish: Encyclopedia - Rudraksha

Rudraksha is commonly used to mean the seeds of the rudraksha tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus. In Sanskrit rudraksha literally means "the eye of Rudra" or "red-eyed", from rud, "to cry," and aksha, meaning "eye". In one story by Śaivites, God himself (Śiva) shed a tear, on viewing the misfortunes of humanity. This single tear became the first Rudraksha tree, and a sign of his compassion. In another story, while destroying the asura fortress of Tripura, the seeds from Lord Siva's eyes emerged to form rudraksha. The ...

Fetish: Encyclopedia - Clothing

(See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans nearly universally wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments, attire, or apparel) on the body. In its broadest sense, clothing is defined as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, boots) and head (hats, caps). For the alternative, see nudity. Articles carried rather than worn (such as purses, canes, and umbrellas) are normally counted a ...

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Fetish: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Fetish

Fetish

(derived from a Portuguese word for medals and crucifixes worn by sailors and extended by them to amulets used by Africans; first used as a generic term by Ch. de Brosses in 1760)

1) An article of paraphernalia used in religious practice, or a physical object representative of religious authority. Fetishes commonly are misunderstood to be objects accorded magical or supernatural powers by their users. Objects such as the perfect ear of corn or Corn Mother, important in religious practices of Pueblos (American Southwest), medicine bundles of various North American tribes, and objects that represent the religious authority of clans in Native American communities are often referred to as fetishes.

1) Small carved stone objects and feather arrangements, with no religious significance, manufactured for commercial sale by modern Native American peoples.

1) An object or body part that arouses sexual desire, sometimes to the exclusion of genital attraction.

Fetish: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Fetishism

Fetishism (from Latin facticius artificial)

Applied by modern scholars to the practice of worshiping various objects, either natural, as a tooth or claw of some animal, or artificial, as a carved image (idolatry). It is a relic of ancient knowledge concerning the interrelationships of everything in the kosmos and the use of objects and symbols, corresponding to particular kosmic potencies, as a means of invoking those potencies.

It is a relic of archaic magic, now in many cases become degraded to a superstition; though even among many so-called primitive peoples, sympathetic students have found that certain among them often still possess more knowledge than they are willing to disclose to the casual unsympathetic outsider. The subject verges upon that of ceremonial magic, talismans, and the like, where powers of nature many be influenced.

Fetish: Encyclopedia II - Fetishism - History

The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian religion. He and other 18th century scholars used the concept to apply evolution theory to religion. In de Brosses' theory of the evolution of religion, he proposed that fetishism is the earliest (most primitive) stage, followed by the stages of polytheism and monotheism, representing a ...

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