Cosmological bridges and comparative religion
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Resumo: | In this paper, I propose to undertake a brief comparative analysis between the current cosmology of the Argentine Chaco Toba people and Eastern religious traditions such as the Yoga of India. My analysis includes native drawings about the “Cosmic Tree”, and the notions of force, energy, consciousness, health and illness. In this regard, the work of Mircea Eliade bridges the gap and allows a dialogue between these two disparate cultural horizons. Both seem to share common “structural” features as well as remote historical connections. The religious and cosmological imagery of Yoga appears as useful in providing new images and metaphors to assess Toba shamanism and world view vis-a-vis the classic ethnographic literature of the area. To sum up, this intercultural exploration aims at finding structural and ontological analogies that can enrich the theoretical and empirical background of phenomena little known in the Argentine religious geography. |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religionPuentes cosmológicos y religión comparadaPuentes cosmológicos y religión comparadaArgentinaTobaReligión comparadaArgentinaTobaReligião comparadaArgentinaTobaComparative religionIn this paper, I propose to undertake a brief comparative analysis between the current cosmology of the Argentine Chaco Toba people and Eastern religious traditions such as the Yoga of India. My analysis includes native drawings about the “Cosmic Tree”, and the notions of force, energy, consciousness, health and illness. In this regard, the work of Mircea Eliade bridges the gap and allows a dialogue between these two disparate cultural horizons. Both seem to share common “structural” features as well as remote historical connections. The religious and cosmological imagery of Yoga appears as useful in providing new images and metaphors to assess Toba shamanism and world view vis-a-vis the classic ethnographic literature of the area. To sum up, this intercultural exploration aims at finding structural and ontological analogies that can enrich the theoretical and empirical background of phenomena little known in the Argentine religious geography.En este trabajo planteo algunas ideas para analizar principios, estructuras y figuras de la cosmología toba contemporánea en comparación con otras tradiciones religiosas de origen oriental como la del Yoga hindú. La misma se realiza a través del análisis de dibujos y otras evidencias gráficas sobre el tema del “árbol cósmico”, nociones de fuerza, energía, conciencia, salud y,enfermedad. La mirada apunta a desarrollar la comparación entre ambas tradiciones, donde la obra de Mircea Eliade es el puente que permite establecer un diálogo entre manifestaciones culturales muy diversas, aparentemente heteróclitas, y alejadas espacialmente. Aqui parecen conectarse tradiciones que comparten un sustrato shamánico muy arcaico aun cuando sus manifestaciones actuales tengan sistemas rituales e ideológicos aparentemente disímiles. En síntesis, la idea básica del trabajo es el desarrollo de una exploración intercultural en busca de analogías estructurales y ontológicas que puedan enriquecer el acervo tanto teórico como empírico del estudio de fenómenos religiosos poco conocidos en la geografía religiosa de la Argentina.En este trabajo planteo algunas ideas para analizar principios, estructuras y figuras de la cosmología toba contemporánea en comparación con otras tradiciones religiosas de origen oriental como la del Yoga hindú. La misma se realiza a través del análisis de dibujos y otras evidencias gráficas sobre el tema del “árbol cósmico”, nociones de fuerza, energía, conciencia, salud y,enfermedad. La mirada apunta a desarrollar la comparación entre ambas tradiciones, donde la obra de Mircea Eliade es el puente que permite establecer un diálogo entre manifestaciones culturales muy diversas, aparentemente heteróclitas, y alejadas espacialmente. Aqui parecen conectarse tradiciones que comparten un sustrato shamánico muy arcaico aun cuando sus manifestaciones actuales tengan sistemas rituales e ideológicos aparentemente disímiles. En síntesis, la idea básica del trabajo es el desarrollo de una exploración intercultural en busca de analogías estructurales y ontológicas que puedan enriquecer el acervo tanto teórico como empírico del estudio de fenómenos religiosos poco conocidos en la geografía religiosa de la Argentina.Universidade Estadual de Campinas2001-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionTextoTextoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/866943310.22456/1982-2650.2173Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; Vol. 3 No. 3 (2001); 131-141Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; Vol. 3 Núm. 3 (2001); 131-141Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; v. 3 n. 3 (2001); 131-1411982-2650reponame:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)instacron:Unicampspahttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669433/28735Argentina; ContemporaryArgentina; ContemporáneoArgentina; ContemporâneoDerechos de autor 2001 Pablo Wrighthttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWright, Pablo2022-08-09T12:45:38Zoai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669433Revistahttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csrPUBhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/oaicienciassocialesyreligion@gmail.com||1982-26501518-4463opendoar:2022-08-09T12:45:38Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)false |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion Puentes cosmológicos y religión comparada Puentes cosmológicos y religión comparada |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion Wright, Pablo Argentina Toba Religión comparada Argentina Toba Religião comparada Argentina Toba Comparative religion |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion |
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Cosmological bridges and comparative religion |
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Wright, Pablo |
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Wright, Pablo |
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Wright, Pablo |
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Argentina Toba Religión comparada Argentina Toba Religião comparada Argentina Toba Comparative religion |
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Argentina Toba Religión comparada Argentina Toba Religião comparada Argentina Toba Comparative religion |
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In this paper, I propose to undertake a brief comparative analysis between the current cosmology of the Argentine Chaco Toba people and Eastern religious traditions such as the Yoga of India. My analysis includes native drawings about the “Cosmic Tree”, and the notions of force, energy, consciousness, health and illness. In this regard, the work of Mircea Eliade bridges the gap and allows a dialogue between these two disparate cultural horizons. Both seem to share common “structural” features as well as remote historical connections. The religious and cosmological imagery of Yoga appears as useful in providing new images and metaphors to assess Toba shamanism and world view vis-a-vis the classic ethnographic literature of the area. To sum up, this intercultural exploration aims at finding structural and ontological analogies that can enrich the theoretical and empirical background of phenomena little known in the Argentine religious geography. |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas |
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Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; Vol. 3 No. 3 (2001); 131-141 Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; Vol. 3 Núm. 3 (2001); 131-141 Ciencias Sociales y Religión/Ciências Sociais e Religião; v. 3 n. 3 (2001); 131-141 1982-2650 reponame:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online) instname:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) instacron:Unicamp |
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