“Native societies did not think of themselves as being in the world as occupants but considered that their rituals created the world and keep it operational.”

—  Marshall McLuhan

College and University Journal, Volumes 6-7, American College Public Relations Association, 1967, p. 3
1960s

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Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

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