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SUMMARY:RELIGION & METAPHOR #2 - Gerrit Lange: Ākarśaṇ\, the "Attracti
 on" and "Urge" of a Contemporary Hindu Goddess: Force as Metaphor for Emot
 ion\, Emotion as Metaphor for Force
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DESCRIPTION:Guest lecture by Gerrit Lange (Marburg University)\n\nIn the 
 Indian Central Himalayas\, several metaphors are employed to conceptualize
  śakti\, the "force" or (emotional) intensity of divine presence. When Na
 iṇī Mātā\, a village goddess of Pindar valley\, travels through the r
 egion for six months\, she takes the form of a clothed bamboo pole - her n
 iśān ("token") which is believed to be the goddess herself\, and to be m
 oved by her śakti. One among several forms in which this śakti emerges i
 s ākarśaṇ\, an "attraction"\, "magnetism" or "urge" hindering her carr
 iers to carry her along and leave behind a village to which the Goddess is
  said to feel emotional attachment. Both mechanical and emotional\, this "
 attracting force" oscillates between metaphor (the "magnetism" or "attract
 ion" of love) and metonymy (an actual force which can be countered by the 
 paraphysical mechanisms of mantras\, drum patterns and songs used to make 
 her move). Insofar these metaphors remain unspoken\, can we speak of "nonv
 erbal" metaphors? And is film editing\, itself involving the nonverbal met
 aphors of montage\, an adequate means to analyse such metaphors?\n\nThe le
 cture is open to all members of the university and academic audiences. Ple
 ase contact ceres-coordination-office@rub.de in order to receive the acces
 s data for the lecture.
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/religion-metaphor-2-gerrit-lange-akarsa
 -the-attrac/
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