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Reports of Non‐Physical Beings Assisting in Reiki Sessions
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 2, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT The belief in non‐physical beings playing crucial roles in illness and healing is widespread across diverse cultures. Our previous study found reports of alleged non‐physical beings during energy medicine sessions. To evaluate the perceived presence and characteristics of non‐physical beings mentioned during Reiki sessions.
Helané Wahbeh +3 more
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Creating the Complexo de Israel: Religion, Urban Orders, and Aesthetics in Rio de Janeiro
City &Society, Volume 37, Issue 2, August 2025.ABSTRACT This article centers on the relation between religion, criminal(ized) economies, and the production of urban space in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our empirical focus lies on the Israel Complex, a cluster of favelas located in the city's northern periphery.
Jolien van Veen, Martijn Oosterbaan
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Horizonte, 2011 O texto tem como proposta investigar o posicionamento de alguns intelectuais da umbanda na primeira metade do século XX, evidenciando suas tentativas de conciliação entre religião e magia.
Artur Cesar Isaia
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Aesthetics of popular cultures: rethinking the art/life link [PDF]
, 2018 El siguiente ensayo se propone abordar la dimensión estética de las culturas populares, al rescatar, especialmente, su capacidad de vincular arte/vida. A partir de mis investigaciones con prácticas culturales afroamericanas, expongo aquí un interrogante ...
Rodriguez, Manuela
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Objects of “imprisonment”: Diasporic museum collections on ethnographic display
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 805-820, October 2024.Abstract The article reflects on the place and the narratives in which collections of the Afro‐Brazilian diaspora are inscribed in the context of ethnographic museums in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Presenting a brief sociohistorical analysis of two collections, one in the Civil Police Museum and the other in the Édison Carneiro Folklore Museum, it ...
Bruno Brulon Soares
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Mulheres médiuns e caboclas espirituais
Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia, 2010 Umbanda may be seen as a cultural language which reveals social types and experiences, giving sense to personal and group experiences. Spiritual entities called caboclas are usual in Umbanda context.
José Francisco Miguel Henriques Bairrão +1 more
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Guerre sainte dans le Cône sud latino-américain : pentecôtistes versus umbandistes
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2005 Holy war in the Latinamerican Southern Cone: pentecostalism versus umbanda devotees. The article examines the conflicts that have developed between the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus and practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions in Brazil, Uruguay and
Alejandro Frigerio, Ari Pedro Oro
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HISTÓRIA, USOS, CRENÇAS E VALORES MÍSTICOS DO CAFÉ DENTRO DAS TRADIÇÕES AFRO-DIASPÓRICAS/UMBANDA
Caminhos, 2023 Este artigo tem por objetivo refletir sobre história, usos e valores místicos do café, tendo como âncora as religiões de matriz africana (com ênfase na Umbanda e no Afro-catolicismo) e os saberes tradicionais quilombolas. O artigo é resultado de estudos
Rosinalda Côrrea da Silva Simoni
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Narratives of contemporary religious modernity: the new traditions of the old [PDF]
, 2013 Este trabajo analiza el modo en que movimientos religiosos contemporáneos recrean pasados históricos y tradiciones religiosas dentro de nuevos marcos organizacionales y cosmológicos, los que pueden verse como una crítica cultural a la modernidad que ...
Wright, Pablo Gerardo
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The worship of Dr Sousa Martins: Spiritual healing in Portugal
Anthropology Today, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 3-7, August 2024.This article examines the worship of Dr José Tomás Sousa Martins, a 19th‐century physician revered as a lay saint and healer in Portugal, attracting devotees from diverse backgrounds. Some devotees come in search of healing and leave votive offerings at his statue in front of the NOVA Medical School in Lisbon.
Emily Pierini
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