Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Emma Byers: Image of Pilgrimage 1


     Arnold Van Gennep talked about the process of going through a rite of passage; Separation, Limen, and Aggregation. This was particularly interesting to me because it almost makes spiritual moments into something scientific which were two things I never put together. In order for you to have a complete experience you must detach yourself from the world you know, a group or culture (separation) in which you then enter into a completely new realm (limen) and then, once your experience is over, come back down to the world you broke away from (aggregation). I have yet to have such an experience where I have felt like I have been close to another world but I feel, after taking this class, that one day I will.

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