Essays about: "ritual studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words ritual studies.

1. 1. Living among gods – The Capacocha children : A hermeneutic analysis of the Chakana philosophy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Frida Ekberg Toscano; [2023]
   Keywords : Capacocha ritual; Huacas; Chakana; Inca world belief; sacred landscape; offerings; phenomenology theory; hermeneutic spiral;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to study the Capacocha, which is an Inca ritual where children were offered to their gods in the sacred places called Huacas (places of origin) and offered artefacts together with the children links to the Inca's sacred symbol, the Chakana, which in turn it is the life philosophy of the Inca culture. This thesis uses this philosophy to understand the phenomenon and the elements that define Huacas and the Capacocha ritual. READ MORE

3. 2. From Dawn to Dusk: studying the origin of the Islamic fivefold daily liturgy in the Qur’ān

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Davide de Francesco; [2023]
   Keywords : Islam; prayer; Qur anic studies; Qur anic exegeses; Christianity; Judaism; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : Despite prayer being one of the most central tenets of Islam, this subject has drawn the attention of surprisingly little scholarship, especially when it comes to studying its origin against pre-Islamic analogues. Thus, this thesis proposes a reconstruction of the very early history of the fivefold daily Islamic liturgy, attempting also to weigh the extent of the influence that pre-Islamic religions, primarily Middle Eastern Christianity and Judaism, might have had in its development. READ MORE

4. 3. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
   Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE

5. 4. From Hospitium to Hybridisation: The acquisition, adoption, and transformation of Roman zoomorphic forms in Barbaricum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : David Stuart Parker; [2022]
   Keywords : Zoomorphism; Romans; Roman imports; Romanisation; hybridisation; Barbaricum; hospitium; dona militaria; spoils of war; gift-giving; Roman provinces; Roman Iron Age; Iron Age societies.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This text is an attempt to re-evaluate the significance of Roman imports in Scandinavian contexts as well as to answer overarching questions concerning frontier zones, and the building of core-periphery relationships. This is achieved by applying the Roman concepts of hospitium and dona militaria as well as theoretical frameworks such as provincial ritual practices and cultural hybridisation to a predefined group of material culture. READ MORE

6. 5. The vine of the soul : Antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of Ayahuasca

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Emil Cederholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Ayahuasca; antidepressant; anxiolytic; depression; anxiety;

   Abstract : Depression and anxiety are two of the most common psychiatric disorders and leading causes of disability. Antidepressants and anxiolytics, though revolutionary, do not treat all those suffering from these diseases satisfactorily. Psychedelics are currently under investigation as remedies for several ailments, including depression and anxiety. READ MORE