Sökning: "ritual efficacy"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden ritual efficacy.

  1. 1. Sökandet efter den sekulära heligheten : Reiki som ett ritualiserat andligt fenomen

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Kristina Runyeon-Odeberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Reiki; emic; etic; rituals; spirituality; religiosity; secular sacred; syncretism;

    Sammanfattning : Reiki is a hands-on healing method classified as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that helps the body relax and heal itself, according to its practitioners. Sessions involve practitioners channeling energy to the client to assist this process. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Vattnet, nymferna och gudinnan - Anna Perennas nymphaeum som en plats för magicae artes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Olivia Peukert Stock; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Anna Perenna; nymphaeum; fountain; fons; fontän; spring; källa; shrine; helgedom; water; vatten; magic; magicae artes; magi; curse tablets; defixiones; förbannelsetavlor; deposition; magic ritual; magisk ritual; nymph; nymphs; nymf; nymfer; goddess; gudinna; contextual study; kontextuell studie; underworld; underjorden; cistern; källhelgedom; ancient religion; antik religion.; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The fountain of Anna Perenna and her nymphs was discovered in an excavation around twenty years ago in northern Rome and its cistern was found to house both religious votives and magical objects, such as curse tablets (defixiones). Thus, this water shrine constitutes a unique setting for magical practices, magicae artes, in the city of Rome and ancient Italia, which this essay aims to further examine. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kehrä/Kehrae : A moment in between

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för cirkus

    Författare :Myrsky Rönkä; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Circus; ritual; liminality; communitas; play; animism; gift; rope; circus practice; nature; intimacy orientation; regenerative; sustainability;

    Sammanfattning : First of all, my research is not only my research but our research. It has been made together with my long-time art companion Marjut Hernesniemi. The starting point for our research was our experience of the western modern circus, what it does, and how it cares for the cosmos. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Between Action and Power: A Perspective on Symbolization and Ritual Efficacy

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Författare :Viktor Lund; [2015]
    Nyckelord :social anthropology; Geertz; Turner; Tambiah; Searle; symbol; symbolization; interpretation; power; ritual; ritual efficacy; performative; speech act; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to clarify the notion of symbolization and relate it to that of ritual efficacy. It is demonstrated that terms such as “symbolization” and “symbol” are used rather loosely by prominent anthropologists and therefore require closer scrutiny. LÄS MER