1 / 8

The Power of Pilgrimage

The Power of Pilgrimage. Monday, February 19, 2001. The structure of pilgrimage, 1: sacred places. Natural openings to or living places for spirits mountains, caves, wells, etc. Places where deities have communicated with humans

amal
Download Presentation

The Power of Pilgrimage

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. The Power of Pilgrimage Monday, February 19, 2001

  2. The structure of pilgrimage, 1: sacred places • Natural openings to or living places for spirits • mountains, caves, wells, etc. • Places where deities have communicated with humans • miracles, locations of sacred objects, martyrdoms, places of messages

  3. Review of rites of passage • Separation • Liminality • Return or re-aggregation

  4. Structure of pilgrimage, 2: movement through space • Separation • emotional power of separation from community life • purification rites • Liminality • ordeals • communitas • Re-aggregation • retracing steps • de-purification • re-incorporation

  5. Aparecida do Norte • The sacred object • the 17th century discovery by 3 fishermen • the miracle • The miraculous powers of the object • promessas

  6. Aparecida do Norte: the pilgrimage • Separation • purification: fasting, abstinence; leaving jewelry; confession • Liminality • ordeal: little sleep • communitas • re-aggregation • feast upon return • special mass and report to church

  7. Pilgrimage to Mecca • One of 5 pillars of Islam • The sanctity of the destination: Kaba and plain of Arafat

  8. Structure of pilgrimage to Mecca • Separation • bodily practices • Liminality • ordeal • communitas (Malcolm X; the tawaf) • Re-aggregation • sacrifice of lamb • return: shaving of heads; feasts

More Related