Bodies in place: the transformative atmospherics of lightscapes in Mahikari

Q2 Social Sciences

Asian anthropology Pub Date : 2021-03-15 DOI:10.1080/1683478X.2021.1903134

Philip Swift

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract Practice centers (dojos) in the Japanese new religion Mahikari are perceived to be spaces suffused with divine light. This article examines this understanding in terms of the enactment of a particular kind of atmosphere – a lightscape – which is deemed to be capable of automatically producing transformative effects. As a key ethnographic example of this idea of atmospheric effects, I consider the case of the primary training course, participation in which is the means of entry into Mahikari. Although the course itself appears to be didactic in design, I suggest that, as an event, a different dynamic is at work, in which the major aim is less about the transmission of information than it is about the elicitation of transformation, a change which is understood to be largely a consequence of the atmospheric conditions in the dojo.

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身体就位：Mahikari灯光景观的变革氛围

日本新宗教Mahikari的修行中心（道场）被认为是充满神圣光芒的空间。这篇文章从一种特殊氛围的营造角度来审视这种理解——一种被认为能够自动产生变革效果的灯光景观。作为这种大气影响思想的一个重要民族志例子，我认为初级培训课程是进入Mahikari的途径。尽管课程本身在设计上似乎是说教性的，但我认为，作为一个事件，一种不同的动态正在发挥作用，其中的主要目的与其说是信息的传递，不如说是引发转变，人们认为这种变化很大程度上是道场大气条件的结果。

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Asian anthropology Social Sciences-Anthropology

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