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First things first, I am no sports expert. Never mind soccer. I know nothing about most things sports related, and…
Initially, I was very excited to be reading about a cult, but I actually left this reading with an entirely different interpretation of what a cult is and its significance within a culture. What shocked me was how the cult of Maria Lionza is far more organized as a religious unit than what my biased […]
Religion questions
This week’s readings gave me an interesting look at the origins and modifications that can occur in religious tradition and practices. Although I have read briefly about how the major religions of today were formed themselves as having many elements derived from previous pagan religions, I did not quite know how recent many of these …
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What fascinated me in Canals’ article was his discussion on Maria Lionza’s “double possession”. I found it quite intriguing how Lionza’s spirit can possess the medium, in this case Barbara, first in the “Indian” form, and secondly, in the form of a “white woman”; this phenomenon quite symbolically speaks to the plurality of this saint’s […]
What fascinated me in Canals’ article was his discussion on Maria Lionza’s “double possession”. I found it quite intriguing how Lionza’s spirit can possess the medium, in this case Barbara, first in the “Indian” form, and secondly, in the form of a “white woman”; this phenomenon quite symbolically speaks to the plurality of this saint’s […]
For this week’s reading(s), I found the content of Canals’ article intriguing but found his ‘take-away’ message a bit alarming. The positive aspect I want to address is that exposure to a Latin American religion other than catholicism is always welcome, since popular media does not make it readily available. I appreciate how Canals’ anthropological…
Wow. There was so much to unpack this week. I found this weeks readings particularly interesting, and I think there…
Two TV documentaries about Sarita Colonia
