THE "BEING-IN-THE-WORLD” AND “DEVOTIONAL UTENSILS”

A MATERIAL ANALYSIS OF THE “CROSSING” OF AMULETS BY “PRETOS VELHOS” IN UMBANDA FROM HEIDEGGERIAN PHENOMENOLOGY

Authors

  • Victor Pereira Aversa

Keywords:

Material culture, Material religion, Umbanda, Phenomenology

Abstract

The current article analyzes the Umbanda practice known as “crossing”, which is a type of consecration made by a “spiritual guide” on an amulet or any type of material object, giving it a status of “sacred”. The following analysis was made from the perspective of material culture, using Heidegger’s phenomenology as a theoretical tool, which, based on a theoretical contemplation of worldly entities, is concerned with addressing the relationship between these entities and individuals (Dasein) in the world. Finally, it was possible to observe from this analysis that this relationship between the individual and the religious phenomena studied occurs through the body, that is, through materiality. They are knowledge and traditions that are perpetuated, not through scripture, but through oral culture and the materiality of the adept’s body.

Author Biography

Victor Pereira Aversa

Mestre em Ciência da Religião pela PUC-SP e doutorando em Ciência da religião pela PUC-SP. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Contato: victor.aversa.cre@gmail.com

Published

2021-12-01

How to Cite

Aversa, V. P. (2021). THE "BEING-IN-THE-WORLD” AND “DEVOTIONAL UTENSILS”: A MATERIAL ANALYSIS OF THE “CROSSING” OF AMULETS BY “PRETOS VELHOS” IN UMBANDA FROM HEIDEGGERIAN PHENOMENOLOGY. Identidade!, 26(1 e 2), 264–276. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1206

Issue

Section

RELIGIÃO, IDENTIDADE E HISTÓRIA