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Sakralität und Mobilität im Kaukasus und in Südosteuropa
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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Sakralität und Mobilität im Kaukasus und in Südosteuropa, pp. 143-156, 2017/12/15
The transformations in political and social life after 1989 mark the beginning of a new period in the development of religiosity in Bulgaria. This paper focuses on a certain religious segment – the pilgrimage, which is the field where sacrality and mobility intertwine in the most visible way. The research presents various types of pilgrim destinations: traditional Orthodox pilgrimage centers, new Christian cult centers, New Age pilgrimage places. Some specific features of Bulgarian New Age pilgrimages will be outlined, such as the interest in “Thracian” or “Proto-Bulgarian” sites and beliefs, the influence of Dănovism and the inclusion of Orthodox religious centers in New Age sacred geography. The text also discusses trends towards the emergence of new centers of worship, and temporary ones formed as a result of visits to cult objects (relics, remains, miraculous icons) in a given location.
Keywords: pilgrimage, Bulgaria, postsocialism, mobility, New Age