LA RED Y LOS CÍRCULOS DE ÁNIMA. ORÍGENES, DOCTRINA Y SISTEMATIZACIÓN DE SUS FUENTES

The objective of this article is to show the results of an investigation of the so-called Anima Circles and the Network of which they are a part, explaining their origins, their doctrine and their sources. The Circles of Anima are the rituals that are performed to help beings in transit, that is, the souls that after death have not ascended to the light . The theoretical approach is that of anthropology and, more specifically, the anthropology of religion and death. The observation and, especially, the participant observation in these Circles has been the main methodology along with the review of the multiple virtual channels of information and dissemination of the Anima Network. The result has been the finding of a complex syncretism of several currents: new age, neopaganism, theosophy, quantum physics , numerology and sacred geometry .