Categories of sacred and profane

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Questions:

1. In what ways does Lame Deer's ritual experience resonate with Emile Durkheim's understanding of the categories of "sacred" and "profane" ?

2. Although Durkheim's theory of religion is founded on the notion of "society divinized" how does his theory apply to a solitary, individual experience like Lame Deer's?

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