Coming out jako rytuał przejścia - nowa metafizyka kształtowania tożsamości
Coming Out as a Rite of Passage: A New Metaphysics of Shaping Identity

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the diary narratives from the volume Cała siła, jaka czerpię na życie (All the Strength I Draw for My Life: Testimonies, Accounts, Diaries of LGBTQ + People), using Mircea Eliade’s religious studies methodology. By extracting recurring motifs from the texts and juxtaposing them with elements of the initiation scenario, the article shows that the act of coming out can be treated as a modern version of the rite of passage. This analysis is presented along with ideas on the possibility of practising metaphysical reflection in modernity. By referring to the concepts of Emmanuel Levinas, Paul Ricoeur, and Hans-Georg Gadamer, the article demonstrates how modern spirituality can be approached as a condition that allows people to search for the Other and the sacred through the hermeneutic conversation that occurs while reading a text. In this way, the process of shaping identity is understood as an opportunity to open oneself to otherness, spirituality, and metaphysics.

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