Sacred Psychotherapy in the “Age of Authenticity”: Healing and Cultural Revivalism in Contemporary Finland
Like other European countries, contemporary Finland has witnessed an explosion of healing modalities designatable as “New Age” (though not without profound controversy, [1]). This paper focuses on Finnish courses in lament (wept song, tuneful weeping with words) that combine healing conceived along...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:05b166c651594c38b1feaade16a2c4ef 2023-05-15T17:00:02+02:00 Sacred Psychotherapy in the “Age of Authenticity”: Healing and Cultural Revivalism in Contemporary Finland James M. Wilce 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2040566 https://doaj.org/article/05b166c651594c38b1feaade16a2c4ef EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/2/4/566/ https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444 doi:10.3390/rel2040566 2077-1444 https://doaj.org/article/05b166c651594c38b1feaade16a2c4ef Religions, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 566-589 (2011) authenticity and the “age of authenticity” healing groups lament Finland cultural revivalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2040566 2022-12-31T02:07:53Z Like other European countries, contemporary Finland has witnessed an explosion of healing modalities designatable as “New Age” (though not without profound controversy, [1]). This paper focuses on Finnish courses in lament (wept song, tuneful weeping with words) that combine healing conceived along psychotherapeutic lines and lessons from the lament tradition of rural Karelia, a region some Finns regard as their cultural heartland. A primary goal of the paper is to explicate a concept of “authenticity” emerging in lament courses, in which disclosing the depths of one’s feelings is supported not only by invoking “psy-“ discourses of self-help, but also by construing the genuine emotional self-disclosure that characterizes neolamentation as a sacred activity and a vital contribution to the welfare of the Finnish people. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Religions 2 4 566 589 |
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Like other European countries, contemporary Finland has witnessed an explosion of healing modalities designatable as “New Age” (though not without profound controversy, [1]). This paper focuses on Finnish courses in lament (wept song, tuneful weeping with words) that combine healing conceived along psychotherapeutic lines and lessons from the lament tradition of rural Karelia, a region some Finns regard as their cultural heartland. A primary goal of the paper is to explicate a concept of “authenticity” emerging in lament courses, in which disclosing the depths of one’s feelings is supported not only by invoking “psy-“ discourses of self-help, but also by construing the genuine emotional self-disclosure that characterizes neolamentation as a sacred activity and a vital contribution to the welfare of the Finnish people. |
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