...anything, and can be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether disembodied souls or supernatm-al beings, have it, and can impart it ; and it essentially...beings to originate it, though it may act through the medinm of water, or a stone, or a bone. All Melanesian religion, in fact, consists in getting this...

...about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural ; but it shews itself in physical force, or in any kind of power...belongs to personal beings to originate it, though it in. iy act through the medium of water, or a stone, or a bone. All Melanesian religion consists, in...

...about it elsewhere. It is a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural ; but it shews itself in physical force, or in any kind of power...impart it ; and it essentially belongs to personal beingH to originate it, though it may act through the medium of water, or a stone, or a bone. All Melanesian...

...altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any being occupying a very elevated place in the world. . . . This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed...it, though it may act through the medium of water, a stone, or a bone. The religion therefore consists in getting this mana for one's self or getting...

...being occupying a very elevated place in the world. . . . This mana is not fixed in anything, andean be conveyed in almost anything ; but spirits, whether...it, though it may act through the medium of water, a stone, or a bone. The religion therefore consists in getting this mana for one's self or getting...

...altogether foreign to them, or indeed of any being occupying a very elevated place in the world. . . . This mana is not fixed in anything, and can be conveyed...supernatural beings, have it and can impart it, and it essentiallv belongs to personal beings to originate it, though it may act throngh tho medium of water,...

...with them and to share the power. " The mana," says Dr. Codrington, " can exist in almost anything. Disembodied souls or supernatural beings have it and can impart it, and it belongs essentially to personal beings who originate it, though it may act through the medium of water,...

...as belief goes, in the persuasion that there is a supernatural power about belonging to the regions of the unseen ; and, as far as practice goes, in the...it, though it may act through the medium of water, a stone, or a bone. All Melanesian religion consists, in fact, in getting this M ana for one's self,...

...word into the metalanguage of anthropology: as a noun, a "thing," a kind of spiritual power. ". . . Spirits, whether disembodied souls or supernatural beings, have it and can impart it" (Codrington 1891 : 191) — the "it" being "a power or influence, not physical, and in a way supernatural."...

...force, or in any kind of power or excellence which a man possesses. This mana is not fixed in any thing; but spirits, whether disembodied souls or supernatural beings, have it and can impart it.6 So, concludes Marett, this mana, this basic feeling of powerful awe, precedes and underlies any...