An Underworld Rite: A Pagan Re-enactment of Persephone's Descent into the Underworld

Ritual provides an etiquette of relating to, thinking through, and emotionally responding to events and experiences that are otherwise difficult to deal with. Rituals work through embodied performances that are bound up with cultures of cognitive and somatic knowing. Ritual experiences allow partici...

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Main Author: Ezzy, Douglas 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2011]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-259
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