The Feminization of Red Path: a Neo-pagan Network of Female Sacralization
Celtic traditions were the guiding forces of a mystical rescue of neo-pagan femininity, which for a few years has influenced the feminization of the neo-Indian and neo-Mexican movement known as Red Path (Camino Rojo). This is a neo-pagan and pan-Indianist movement in the Americas. Red Path currently...
| Published in: | International journal of Latin American religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
[2018]
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| In: |
International journal of Latin American religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Camino Rojo
/ Feminism
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Sacred feminism
B New Age B Pan-Indianism B Red Path B Neo-paganism B Gender spirituality |
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| Summary: | Celtic traditions were the guiding forces of a mystical rescue of neo-pagan femininity, which for a few years has influenced the feminization of the neo-Indian and neo-Mexican movement known as Red Path (Camino Rojo). This is a neo-pagan and pan-Indianist movement in the Americas. Red Path currently represents an important circuit for women spiritual initiation and a meeting place in the global network among those seeking alternative, holistic spiritualities. The main features of the movement include its emphasis on indigenous knowledge for a spiritual reconnection with Mother Earth, the ancestors, and sacred femininity. Red Path is also a school of grandmothers and is a certification for neoshaman initiation. This article describes how Red Path, a neo-pagan movement that sought to root New Age spirituality in indigenous traditions in Mexico, is experiencing a new resignification that appropriates its rituals as ceremonies of a gender spirituality. What new interpretations does the sacred feminine provide to hybridize and reinvent indigenous ceremonies? How is the new interaction between ethnic identity, spiritual identity, and gender identity in female sacred circles negotiated and transformed? The analysis of the network of the feminine circle of Red Path movement draws on the methodology of social network theory as proposed by Manuel Castells, focusing on his study of nodes as observable units that help reveal the points of articulation of a polycentric network that involves node agents, node sites, and key events. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-018-0052-7 |