Rhythmus Und Heilung

"To which extent is ritual involved in the formation of collective and personal identities? What are the mechanisms that are responsible for the (mostly pre-reflexive) constitution of identity in ritual; and - equally important - what are the strategies employed by social actors to actively influence and enhance these constitutive processes? In order to find answers to these essential questions, authors refer to case studies from their respective areas of field research such as Japan, Morocco, Taiwan, Korea, India, and the Azores. Kpping is professor of anthropology at the Institute of Ethnology at Heidelberg University and also guest-professor at Goldsmith College London. His research focusses on popular and folk-religious practices in Japan through the lens of performance theories. Leistle is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Ethnology at Heidelberg University. In his research focussing on Moroocan trance rituals he concentrates on theories of the phenomenology of perception.

This volume focuses on the ways discourse is used in ritual performances as an important medium of power, enabling speakers/actors to construct, redefine and transform interpersonal relationships, cultural concepts and worldviews. The various case studies gathered here, from South Asia, South East Asia, Africa and South America, show that recent developments in linguistic anthropology, ritual theory and performance studies provide new conceptual tools to take a fresh look at these issues. Foregrounding pragmatic approaches to language and discourse, they explore the social dynamics of rhetorical discourse, text and context, normativity and creativity, the poetics of dialogue and speech, as well as the manifold interactions of speakers, addressees and audience. The volume thus embraces both the micro-level of speech activities as well as the macro-level of social and political relationships and brings out the subtle workings of control, authority, and power in situations marked as ritual. The contributions, all based on extensive fieldwork, include many concrete samples of speech and discourse which give an authentic impression of the different voices and make for vivid reading.

Seit jeher wird der Kreislauf des Jahres als Symbol für das Leben gefeiert. Die zu den Sonnen- und Mondfesten in vielen Kulturen vollzogenen Rituale für Mensch, Tier, Natur und Erde haben eine unglaubliche Kraft, unsere Seele zu heilen und zu stabilisieren. Gerade in der heutigen Zeit der Transformation, in welcher der schnelle Wandel das einzig Sichere zu sein scheint, schenken Rituale uns Durchhaltevermögen, Freude und Seelenfrieden. In Achtsamkeit und Liebe vollzogen, bereiten sie der Energie der Neuen Zeit den Weg. Roswitha Stark vereint in diesem Buch die traditionellen Rituale der keltischen und germanischen Tradition mit modernen Methoden der Informationsmedizin und des Quantenbewusstseins. Zu den acht wesentlichen Stationen im Jahreskreis - wie etwa Winter- und Sommersonnenwende, Frühlings- und Herbstfeste, Tag- und Nachtgleiche - finden Sie besinnliche und wirkungsvolle Ritualvorschläge für sich alleine oder in der Gruppe. Für jede der acht Stationen hat Roswitha Stark zwei energetische "Lichthelfer" entwickelt, die als farbige Abbildungen und Kopiervorlagen die Ritual-Teilnehmer mit ihren heilenden Kräften begleiten. Diese lichtvollen Helfer bündeln und verstärken vor und während des Rituals kosmische und individuelle Heilenergien und verbinden das männliche Prinzip von Vater Himmel mit dem weiblichen Prinzip von Mutter Erde - heilsam für die Natur wie für uns selbst. So vereint sich der alte Pfad des kraftvollen traditionellen Heilwissens mit dem neuen Weg der energetischen Informationsübertragung zum Wohle aller Lebewesen. Profitieren auch Sie von der ordnenden Kraft der Rituale an Körper, Geist und Seele!

This volume presents a first comprehensive contribution to the exploration of the concept of the ‘home front’ in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It crosses borders between different areas of classical studies by investigating the various forms of impact that war had on the ancient home front. To this end, the book deploys a variety of methodological approaches that shed light on several aspects of the home front. These draw on advances made in the fields of psychology, literature, history, social sciences and religious studies. The volume discusses the impact of war on the civilian communities in terms of its effects above all on the level of the social and religious sphere.