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    CEREMONIAL AND MAGIC WEAPONS

    May 08, 2020 1 minute
    —JASON URBANUS

    eapons are, of course, instruments ofviolence. Occasionally though, they assume symbolic importance that transcends their martial purpose and comes to represent the power and authority their possessors hold over others. At times, some

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