Waking to Shape One’s Life
Pilgrimage at the Southern Marchmount
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19081634 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georges Favraud (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités Sociétés Territoires, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 112-137 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Daoist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1941-5516 • E-ISSN: 1941-5524 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/dao.2022.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W4213007825 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines Daoist concepts of the relationship between the body and the mountain through the lens of ritual steps and pilgrimage, as observed in the famous Southern Marchmount (Nanyue). The lived relationship between the body and the mountain makes it possible for pilgrims to engage in a process of transformation. Several factors stand out: the immensity of the landscape, where the ritual practitioner or pilgrim progresses; the concentration and effort invested in the walk following the topography; the work of interior sincerity ( cheng ) necessary to engage with the gods in a formal audience; and the fluidification of thoughts. They all contribute to blur common social benchmarks and conventional cognitive processes. The moment of liminality offers the pilgrim the opportunity to reassemble certain representations of his or her existence through first stammering, then gradually uttering a clear and foundational statement about his life
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Chorus · Liminality · Literature · Pilgrim · Pilgrimage · Sincerity · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
Dry Spells
The World in Miniature. Container Gardens and Dwellings in Far Eastern Religious Thought
The Perception of the Environment
Aymara forms of walking
The Ritual Process. Structure and Anti-Structure
Mountains and Early Daoism in the Writings of Ge Hong
Pacing the Void. T'ang Approaches to the Stars
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |