Extraordinary Bodies, Invisible Worlds: Somatic Pedagogy in Neo-pagan Ritual Practices

Numerous scholars have signalled that neo-pagan practitioners use their body and their senses to interact with the divine and elaborate a spiritual experience. However, the learning process followed to achieve and produce a sensing body capable of communicating with summoned entities has not been pr...

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Main Author: Dansac, Yael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2024
In: Approaching religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 240-247
Further subjects:B somatic experience
B Ritual
B Neopaganism
B Body
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