Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
Religious experiences of the human spirit are implemented, in an inevitable way, due to body-soul connection, at the level of the dynamics of corporeality. Gestures in religious rites are a key issue for the believer who sits in front of the Deity to supplicate and adore. Among the most common relig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" Suceava
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines |
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| Online Access: | http://www.fig.usv.ro/socio-umane/arhiva/2011II/008.%20pp.%2095-96.pdf |
| Summary: | Religious experiences of the human spirit are implemented, in an inevitable way, due to body-soul connection, at the level of the dynamics of corporeality. Gestures in religious rites are a key issue for the believer who sits in front of the Deity to supplicate and adore. Among the most common religious gestures are kneeling and putting the hands together in a vertical position. Far from being simple positioning and posture without any symbolical meaning, they express intense inner feelings of the human emotionally and mentally directed from the profane dimension towards the endless extensions of the sacredness in a total approach of worship and mystical confession. |
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| ISSN: | 2069-4008 2069-4016 |