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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Main Author: Marius CUCU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" Suceava 2011-12-01
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
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-fd3a0f475a94426cb6a7d1222241407f2024-03-11T09:53:54ZengUniversitatea "Stefan cel Mare" SuceavaAnnals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines2069-40082069-40162011-12-01Vol II9596Two ritual gestures and their religious significanceMarius CUCU0Department of Philosophy and Social and Political Sciences Faculty of History and Geography “Ştefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, RomaniaReligious 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.http://www.fig.usv.ro/socio-umane/arhiva/2011II/008.%20pp.%2095-96.pdfPrayertimelessdivineritual actreligious gesturesadorationconfession.
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Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines
Prayer
timeless
divine
ritual act
religious gestures
adoration
confession.
title Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
title_full Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
title_fullStr Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
title_full_unstemmed Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
title_short Two ritual gestures and their religious significance
title_sort two ritual gestures and their religious significance
topic Prayer
timeless
divine
ritual act
religious gestures
adoration
confession.
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