This article addresses the sacredness of Ayahuasca from perspective global shamanic vocation. If encounters with are said to revitalize forms in contemporary societies, this is perhaps clearest cases where individuals understand themselves be called lead ceremonies. Recognizing scale shamanism, we compare facilitators ceremonies two societies discern differences and similarities how vocations e...

‘Home’, as a special place and set of practices that separate it from the rest, may ‘scale up’ to public sphere, particularly among immigrant religious minorities. Following this insight, we investigate functional equivalences between domestic space public, one, based on case study Sikh gurdwaras in Southall, West London. Besides their everyday function hubs for spiritual cultural connections w...

As a famous “miraculous monk” dating from the Tang Dynasty, Wanhui (632–712) was favored by four emperors, Gaozong (r. 649–683), Empress Wu (regency: 684–690; reign: 690–705), Zhongzong 683–684, r. 705–710) and Ruizong 684–690, 710–712). Relying on his special religious status as Buddhist palace chaplain, he alleged to have created momentum advocated political opinions maintain “legitimacy” of ...

This study aims to determine the role of Islamic religious leaders in straightening aqidah Nyadran tradition Wonogiri Regency, Central Java Province. type research uses a qualitative with field studies Plosorejo Village, Kismantoro District. While approach used is descriptive analysis. The data analysis using inductive an ethnographic approach. results showed that rectifying related District, R...

Most academic efforts to understand morality and ideology come from theorists who limit the domain of morality to issues related to harm and fairness. For such theorists, conservative beliefs are puzzles requiring non-moral explanations. In contrast, we present moral foundations theory, which broadens the moral domain to match the anthropological literature on morality. We extend the theory by ...

Ki Gepang is a percussion composition created by pepanggulan using the gamelan Gong Kebyar as medium of expression. As for theme raised in this work, namely sword, sword that stylist was not just any but an heirloom left Manik Angkeran which used to slash tail Naga Basuki story Selat Bali , until now still sacred people Banjar Tegal, Bebalang Bangli. The stylist's interest taking up because att...

How did ancient Greeks experience their relationship with wild Nature? What feelings a walk in the forest or night spent woods evoke them? Over centuries, literature has built bridges between them and us can bring little closer to grasping hint of mentality. Our analysis passages similes that mention natural world Iliad could shed some light on how they perceived environment. Mountains forests ...