Embodied Engagements with the Megaliths of Carnac

Somatic Experience, Somatic Imagery, and Bodily Techniques in Contemporary Spiritual Practices

Bibliographic Data

ID19066716
AuthorsYael Dansac (0000-0002-2681-2301, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume13
Issue3-4
Pages300-324
Publication date2021-06-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Europe (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1874-8910 • E-ISSN: 1874-8929
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18748929-20211492
OpenAlexW3166729933
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This article explores bodily interactions, somatic experiences, and embodiment of New Age and contemporary Paganism practitioners conducting spiritual practices in the megaliths of Carnac in northwest France. Inspired from the sensory ethnography approach and applying a specific methodological framework elaborated for this study, the article argues that participants’ spiritual experiences are constructed using three main elements: somatic experience, somatic imagery, and bodily techniques. Collected data provides understanding of the practitioner’s elaboration of spiritual experience, while also suggesting further inquiries to assess sensory models prevailing in contemporary spiritual practices

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Paganism · Sociology · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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