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The Avatar Faculty

- Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games
Af: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass Engelsk Hardback

The Avatar Faculty

- Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games
Af: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass Engelsk Hardback
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The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities to explore the roles that symbolic second selves—avatars—can play in our lives. The use of avatars can allow for what anthropologists call ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, meaning "standing outside oneself." The archaic techniques of promoting spiritual ecstasy, which remain central to religious healing traditions around the world, now also have contemporary analogues in virtual worlds found on the internet. In this innovative book, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass argues that avatars allow for the ecstatic projection of consciousness into alternate realities, potentially providing both the spiritually possessed and gamers access to superior secondary identities with elevated social standing. Even if only temporary, self-transformations of these kinds can help reduce psychosocial stress and positively improve health and well-being.
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The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities to explore the roles that symbolic second selves—avatars—can play in our lives. The use of avatars can allow for what anthropologists call ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, meaning "standing outside oneself." The archaic techniques of promoting spiritual ecstasy, which remain central to religious healing traditions around the world, now also have contemporary analogues in virtual worlds found on the internet. In this innovative book, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass argues that avatars allow for the ecstatic projection of consciousness into alternate realities, potentially providing both the spiritually possessed and gamers access to superior secondary identities with elevated social standing. Even if only temporary, self-transformations of these kinds can help reduce psychosocial stress and positively improve health and well-being.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 280
ISBN-13: 9780520384354
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0520384350
Kategori: Spiritualitet og religiøse oplevelser
Udg. Dato: 10 jan 2023
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 157mm
Forlag: University of California Press
Oplagsdato: 10 jan 2023
Forfatter(e): Jeffrey G. Snodgrass
Forfatter(e) Jeffrey G. Snodgrass

Kategori Spiritualitet og religiøse oplevelser

ISBN-13 9780520384354

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 280

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 236mm

Højde 157mm

Udg. Dato 10 jan 2023

Oplagsdato 10 jan 2023

Forlag University of California Press