THE “SACRED MOUNTAIN” IN THE SACRED GEOGRAPHY OF SOFIA: PRACTICES OF ESOTERIC SOCIETIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY Cover Image
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„СВЕЩЕНАТА ПЛАНИНА“ В САКРАЛНАТА ГЕОГРАФИЯ НА СОФИЯ: ПРАКТИКИ НА ЕЗОТЕРИЧНИ ОБЩЕСТВА ПРЕЗ ПЪРВАТА ПОЛОВИНА НА ХХ В.
THE “SACRED MOUNTAIN” IN THE SACRED GEOGRAPHY OF SOFIA: PRACTICES OF ESOTERIC SOCIETIES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Author(s): Georgeta Nazarska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Sociology, History of ideas, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, 19th Century, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Sofia; sacred mountain; esoteric societies; spiritual landscape.

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the “spiritual landscape” of modern Sofia and particularly – the place of the “sacred mountain” in the ideas and ritual practices of various occult communities that existed in the city from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Based on various sources the social construction of the sacred space (its borders, functioning and use) is studied. The main research question, explored by methods of history and cultural studies, is the importance of these formations, considered marginal subcultures, products of foreign cultural influences or followers of inherited spiritual tradition, in the Bulgarian “spiritual landscape”.

  • Issue Year: 9/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-92
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian