Eastern practices and Nordic bodies : lived religion, spirituality and healing in the Nordic countries / / edited by Daniel Enstedt, Katarina Plank

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 200.948
• Soggetto topico: Alternative medicine - Asia; Alternative medicine - Scandinavia; Spirituality - Asia; Spirituality - Scandinavia
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Religion; Scandinavia Religion
• Altri autori: EnstedtDaniel PlankKatarina <1970->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- Introducing Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies -- Introduction -- "Eastern practices" -- The Nordic Context -- Spirituality in the Nordic Countries -- The Contributions to this Book -- Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Part I: Embodiment, Movements, and Practices -- Catharsis in the Spruce Forest: Osho Meditations and Therapy at a Spiritual Retreat in Norway -- Introduction -- Osho Meditations and Therapies: Eastern Practices? -- The Nordic Context -- The Retreat Centre Dharma Mountain, Norway -- The Therapeutic and the Transformational -- The Affective and the Wonderous -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Getting Past the Ego: Modern Advaita and the Cultivation of a Nondual Habitus -- Introduction -- The Adaptation, Dissemination, and Globalization of Advaita -- Rishikesh: A Meeting Place for Nondual Satsang -- Nonduality in Daily Life -- Self-Reflexivity: Observing the Mind and Cultivating Awareness -- Devotion: Finding Meaning in Day-to-Day Life -- Human Interconnectedness: Seeing Oneself in Others -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Modern Yoga and the Nordic Body: Between Authenticity and Cultural Appropriation -- Introduction -- Yoga in a Nordic Context -- Yoga in Aarhus -- Analysis of Developments in Yoga in Aarhus9 -- Yoga with Both Centrifugal and Centripetal Tendencies in Contemporary Time -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Kirtan: Music, Emotion, and Belonging in Finnish Holistic Spirituality -- Introduction -- Background -- Kirtan in Holistic Spirituality -- Kirtan's Enduring Appeal -- Discussion. ; Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: Eastern Practices for the "Scientifically Minded Westerner" -- Introduction -- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: A Brief Historical Overview -- Courses and Key Practices in Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation -- Social Legitimation -- Traditional and Charismatic Authority -- Blended Authority: Vedic Science -- Mainstream (Medical) Science on the World Wide Web -- Experiential Legitimation -- Science as Taken-for-Granted Legitimation -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Part II: Aesthetics, Nature, and New Contexts -- Embodying Qi in the Nordic Countries: The Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong -- Introduction -- The Nordic Reception of the Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong -- The Social Production of Qi at the European Zhineng Qigong Summer Course -- Experiencing and Narrating Qigong -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Aikido's Spirituality and Transplantation in the Nordic Countries: Spirituality in the Asian Martials Art -- Aikido and Its Spread Around the World -- Data and Method -- A Brief History and Development of Aikido in the Nordic Countries -- Discussing the Spiritual and Religious Aspects of Aikido -- Views on Aikido's Transplantation to the Nordic Countries -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Interviews -- Towards Watery and Vibrating Bodies: Finnish Bodies Learning Tibetan Sound Healing -- Introduction -- Protestant and Post-Protestant Bodies in Finland -- Ritual Body Pedagogics and Somatic Inversions in Sound Healing -- Eastern Influences on Contemporary Spirituality. ; Sound Healing and Tibetan Roots: The Case of Peter Hess Singing Bowl Relaxation -- Embodiment, Fluids, and Sonic Vibrations -- Body Pedagogics and Somatic Inversions in Tibetan Singing Bowls -- Unlimited Watery Bodies -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Empirical Data -- Meditation and Other New Spiritual Practices in the Church of Sweden -- Introduction -- From New Age to Lived Religion -- The Nordic Context -- From Exclusive Retreats to Everyday Spiritual Practices -- Analysis of the New Spiritual Practices -- Conclusion -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Acem and the Psychology of Meditation: The Inner History of a Living Practice -- Introduction -- Psychology, Guidance, and Long Meditations -- Inner History -- Four Years of Change -- The First Communication Group -- The Split -- Psychology of Meditation -- Psychology and Beyond -- Existential Process -- Long Meditations and Deepening Retreats -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden: The Political Significance of Embodiment and Sensory Attention in Nature -- Introduction -- Shinrin-Yoku: A Japanese Practice Goes Global -- The Practice -- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden -- Influences -- Mindfulness -- Deep Ecology -- Embodiment and Sensory Attention -- Embodied Identification -- Embodied Reciprocity and Communication -- Nature as Egalitarian Community -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- Adjustment and Resistance -- Political Implications of Embodiment and Sensory Presence -- The Attraction of the East -- References -- Starving the Animal Within: Vegetarianism as Spiritual Development and Eastern Wisdom in Early Swedish Theosophy -- Introduction. ; Predators and Eaters of Grass: The Vegetarian Movement in Sweden at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- The Emergence of Theosophy in Sweden and the Nordic Countries -- Abolishing the Diet of Predators: Vegetarianism Within the Swedish Theosophical Movement -- Not a Hunter but a Gardener: Theosophical Vegetarianism as Eastern Wisdom and Spiritual Cultivation -- Theory Is Practice: Reflections on Lived Theosophy -- Implications for the Study of Eastern Practices in the Nordic Countries -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the reception, development and construction of Eastern practices in the Nordic countries. The focus is on spirituality, medicine and healing from a lived religion perspective. Besides a geographical focus on the Nordic countries and their characteristics, this collection examines the embodied practices aligned with different expressions of religiosity, alternative medicine, spirituality and healing practices. By addressing questions about how so-called Eastern practices are embodied, spread and materialized, the contributors shed light on a cultural change in Nordic societies regarding religious, spiritual and alternative health practices, that are at times at odds with the dominant medical discourse about life-threatening diseases and other types of conditions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eastern practices and Nordic bodies
• ISBN: 3-031-38118-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910751387503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities Series