Abstract:
New spiritualist sects، whose activities have come to the fore during the past five decades، have created an atmosphere for their followers that are not dissimilar with the sacred atmosphere of the traditional religions. The present paper is a case study of one issue of the journal of Yoga Knowledge، to analyze through comparative study the sanctification structure existing in it. The main question of the present paper is: what are the differences between this kind of sanctification structure and that of the traditional religions? Relying on the Rudolf Otto's analysis of “the holy” and through analysis of the contents of the said journal، it is discernible that there is a kind of sanctification structure، i.e. the new sanctification structure which is similar to the traditional sanctification structure with four elements: concrete، inexpressible and unique Nominus، sense of aura while encountering it، and fascination and mystery. However، at the same time the said elements in new sanctification have clear distinctions with traditional sanctification. These distinctions mainly underline the humanistic nature of new sanctifications (at least in some new religious movements).
Machine summary:
By employing Rudolf Otto's analysis of the "holy" and analyzing the contents included in Danesh Yoga magazine, it can be seen that a type of sanctification structure exists (emerging sanctification structure) which, like the sanctification structure in original religions (traditional sanctification structure), possesses four essential elements: a real, inexpressible, and unique numinous reality; a sense of awe in facing it; a sense of attraction; and a sense of mystery.
Emerging spiritual groups, emerging religious movements, the holy, humanism, emerging sanctification structure, traditional sanctification structure Emerging sacralization structure Case study of an issue of Danesh Yoga publication Behzad Hamidieh Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran hamidieh1351@gmail.
In this writing, we will reveal the importance of examining sanctity and sacred matters and will demonstrate that a type of emerging sacralization exists which has clear distinctions from the sanctity presented in original and traditional religions.
" Including yoga under the general title of "Knowledge," and furthermore, a review of the magazine's contents, clearly shows that this publication intends to provide a new and modern reading of traditional yoga, a reading that presents yoga with a scientific aspect, with a humanistic color, and in the service of humanity (note that the title "Yoga Knowledge" has a subtitle such as: "Health of Body and Mind").
What is not seen in the context of neo-spirituality (such as the magazine mentioned in this writing) is the servitude of man towards God (in the sense of full observance of religious rulings and etiquettes) (for example, look at the hijab situation of the veteran of Yoga of Iran, in pages 50-51, which contains quasi-mystical words).
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