Cette thèse a pour objet les formes d'adhésion au discours sur les « Créatifs Culturels », saisi comme courroie de transmission dogmatique du « capitalisme vert ». À la croisée de la sociologie de l'engagement, de l'écologie et de l'étude des croyances, la thèse retrace, dans un premier temps, la construction sociale, au sein de la configuration sociale du « capitalisme vert », d'un « mouvement entrepreneurial » réformiste. Apparu au début des années 1990, ce mouvement est engagé dans un travail d'imbrication entre des valeurs New Age et écologiques et d'autres propres au champ économique. Dans un deuxième temps, l’enquête de terrain, qui s'appuie sur la réalisation d'entretiens biographiques auprès d’acteurs engagés dans la diffusion de ce discours, montre comment la mise en pratique de cette idéologie fait l'objet de positionnements sur un continuum allant d'un pôle dogmatique à un pôle utilitariste, ces logiques de sens résultant in fine de socialisations hétérogènes / This thesis deals with the forms of adherence to the discourse on « Cultural Creatives », grasped as a strap of dogmatic transmission of « green capitalism ». At the crossroads of sociology of commitment, ecology and the study of beliefs, the thesis first traces social construction within the social configuration of « green capitalism », of reformist entrepreneurial movement. Appearing in the early 1990s, this movement is engaged in a work of interweaving between New Age values and other ecologies specific to the economic field. In a second phase, the field survey, which is based on the production of biographical interviews with a cast committed to the dissemination of this discourse, shows how the putting into practice of this ideology is the subject of positioning a continuum going from an area of belief to a utilitarian one, resulting in ultimate heterogeneous socialisations

Self-help counselling is an important industry that not only influences its immediate users’ behavior but also society and social behaviors more generally. Since New Ageis a main branch of self-help, and since positivity is a dominant concept in (New Age) self-help discourse, it is worth analyzing how positivity might be achieved in terms of language use. The present study investigates whether the adjectives in a couple of New Age publications contribute to communicating positivity and, if yes, how. What adjectives are used and how can they be categorized in terms of positive, negative, neutral or undetermined connotations as well as semantic prosody? The findings support the hypothesis that the use of “positive adjectives” (Rozin, Berman & Royzman, 2010, p. 536) is what helps to make New Age self-help books convey a positive spirit.

Dans cette thèse, nous nous demandons comment les mouvements contreculturels ont trouvé de nouveaux lieux d’expression grâce à la plus grande accessibilité de l’audiovisuel, grâce aussi au combat des « radios libres ». Plus précisément, nous cherchons à savoir pourquoi et comment la société et l’audiovisuel français ont permis la constitution d’un média alternatif radiophonique comme Radio Ici et Maintenant (RIM) et comment cette radio a trouvé un modèle économique viable pour diffuser son idéologie. Nous verrons que l’existence et la persistance de RIM est due à la conjonction de deux phénomènes : d’une part la diminution du coût d’entrée dans la radiophonie grâce au développement et au combat des « radios libres » qui ont donné naissance aux radios associatives (avec leur modèle juridico-économique spécifique), et d’autre part la diminution du coût d’entrée dans le marché religieux avec le développement de la contreculture New Age française issue de la contreculture américaine, elle-même issue des pensées religieuses alternatives occidentales (liées à l’ésotérisme, au médiumnisme) et des religions orientales (l’hindouisme et le bouddhisme). Ainsi, le modèle juridico-économique spécifique des radios associatives a permis de faire vivre puis persister l’idéologie « radiolibriste » et New Age au sein de RIM. Mais ajoutons que ce modèle n’aurait pas été possible s’il n’avait pas été porté par des animateurs bénévoles, des invités militants et des auditeurs actifs dont nous analysons ici le profil sociologique. L’intérêt scientifique de ce sujet provient du fait qu’il s’agit principalement d’étudier RIM qui est une ancienne « radio libre ». Elle a été l’une des radios les plus importantes au sein du mouvement. C’est la plus ancienne des radios locales privées parisiennes. C’est aujourd’hui une radio associative de catégorie A. Cette catégorie correspond à un grand nombre de radios (environ 600), mais celles-ci sont peu étudiées. Enfin, c’est une radio New Age et l’un des seuls médias audiovisuels français New Age. Croisant histoire et sociologie du religieux, des médias, de la communication, de la politique, des sciences, cette thèse repose sur une écoute assidue, sur de nombreux entretiens et discussions informelles, sur l’étude de différents fonds d’archives (papier, audio, numérique) et sur de nombreuses observations de type ethnographique. Nous donnons dans une première partie les outils scientifiques pour pouvoir analyser ce phénomène. Nous verrons ensuite dans quel contexte historique, radiophonique, économique, social, juridique et politique RIM fait son apparition et continue d’exister aujourd’hui. Enfin, nous nous focalisons sur le modèle radiophonique proposé, et sur les acteurs de cette radio. / In this thesis, we wonder how countercultural movement found new places of expression through the increased accessibility of audiovisual, thanks to "free radio" fight. Specifically, we want to know why and how society and the French media have enabled the establishment of an alternative media like Radio Ici et Maintenant (RIM) and how this radio has found a viable business model to spread its ideology. We shall see that the existence and persistence of RIM is due to the combination of two factors: firstly the reduction in the cost of entry into the radio broadcasting through the development and struggle of "free radio" that gave birth to associative radios (with their specific legal and economic model) and also the decrease in the cost of entering the religious market with the development of the French New Age counterculture issue of the American counterculture, itself the result of religious thoughts Western alternatives (related to the esoteric, the mediumship) and Eastern religions (Hinduism and Buddhism). Thus, the specific legal and economic model of associative radios allowed to live and persist "radiolibriste" and New Age ideology within RIM. But add that this model would not have been possible if it had not been worn by volunteer facilitators, invited activists and active listeners which we analyze the sociological profile. The scientific interest of this subject is the fact that it is mainly to study RIM which is an old "free radio". She was one of the most important radio stations in the movement. It is the oldest Parisian private local radio station. Today, it is a community radio (category A). This category corresponds to a large number of radio stations (about 600), but these are little studied. Finally, this is a New Age radio and one of the only French audiovisual media New Age. Crossing history and sociology of religion, media, communication, politics, science, this thesis is based on a constant listening, on numerous interviews and informal discussions on the study of different archives (paper, audio, digital) and numerous ethnographic observations. We give in the first part scientific tools to analyze this phenomenon. We will then see in which historical, radio, economic, social, legal and political context RIM appeared and continues to exist today. Finally, we focus on the proposed radio model and the actors of this radio.

This work studies the environment of contemporary alternative spirituality in the Czech Republic, specifically unusual spiritual experiences and techniques for inducing them. It is based on long-term field research utilizing the method of participant observation carried out primarily in the environment of neo-shamanism, but also the use of psychedelics, dark therapy, and other movements and practices. I perceive and analyze these practices both as psychotechnologies - i.e. techniques through which their users strive to alter their thinking - as well as spiritual techniques aimed at establishing and cultivating a relationship with the spiritual world. The focus of this study is a comparison of neo-shamanism and other practices in three main aspects: the induction of experiences, the connection between spiritual experiences and the actor's life as a whole, and the changes in the perception of reality brought about by long- term practicing. I point out that in all these areas, techniques traditionally thought of as closely related exhibit fundamental differences. A non-negligible part of this study consists of methodological and theoretical considerations. I show that the field of alternative spirituality has many specifics compared to other religious environments, and that mainstream methodological...

Text in Afrikaans / The actuality of the pedagogical question concerning the role of ideology, values and norms in the life of man in general and education specifically stimulated the interest of the author and prompted her to examine the past in this respect. The contemporary image of ideology, values, norms, personal and global philosophies are looked at in this study. Particular attention is paid to the ideologies that developed from the Renaissance e.g. Humanistic oriented Realism, Rationalism and Naturalism. Certain role players are briefly referred to. The Communist Educational System influenced more than half of the human race over a period of seventy years resulting in a thorough investigation into this system. The influence of People's Education in education in general was also scrutinized. Because so many South Africans are adherents of Calvinism it was important that attention was paid to: The philosophy of Calvinism; What it entails; How it originated and its impact on South African Education. Particular reference was made to the role of Christian National Education. It is fairly generally accepted that a new period in history of the West in relation to values, norms and education is being entered into. The period discussion is more concerned with spiritual development, culture knowledge and religion of the human race than political and military power, although, the latter is not excluded. It was also necessary to take note of the influence of the New Age movement on values and norms. The study is concluded with the evaluation of ideology, values, norms, personal and global philosophies. Some of the most important conclusions arrived at are that these aspects are interwoven and that education is pertinently influenced by the values, norms, culture, personal and global philosophies of the individual, community and government. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

L’ayahuasca est une décoction de plantes originaires de la forêt amazonienne. Elle contient la vigne nommée ayahuasca (Banistereopsis caapi) et un arbuste (Psychotria viridis). Ces plantes contiennent des substances psychoactives. Respectivement il s’agit de l’harmine et de la diméthyle-tryptamine (DMT). Ce mélange est utilisé par plusieurs peuples autochtones du bassin amazonien depuis une époque qui précède la Conquête. L’ayahuasca est utilisée par ces peuples à des fins chamaniques. Au début du 20e siècle, la demande en caoutchouc a engendrée une migration de travailleurs dans ces régions. Un de ces travailleurs d’origine africaine est entré en contact avec cette substance. De croyance chrétienne, il a interprété son expérience comme une rencontre avec le divin. Ceci l’a amené à fonder dans les années 30 une église syncrétique nommée Santo Daime. Depuis, l’utilisation rituelle d’ayahuasca est répandue dans le monde. Aujourd’hui, On retrouve au Québec des groupes faisant un usage rituel d’ayahuasca. Ce mémoire est une ethnographie d’un groupe actif au Québec. Ce groupe a fait l’objet d’observations participantes durant l’été 2010. L’étude a démontré que la participation aux cérémonies d’ayahuasca engendre des prises de conscience et le travail de groupe en permet l’intégration dans le quotidien des participants. De plus, la structure rituelle garanti un usage non abusif. / Ayahuasca is a decoction of mainly two plants from the Amazonian forest. The vine (Banistereopsis caapi) and the shrub (Psychotria viridis) are its components. Both contain psychoactive subsances. They are respectively Harmine and DMT. It has been used long before the Conquest. People in this region use it as a shamanic tool. However, during the early 20th century, rubber industry brought workers in this region. One Christian rubber tapper of African origin founded a syncretic religion based on the use of ayahuasca. The religion is named Santo Daime. Today, the ritual use of ayahuasca has spread over the world. In Québec, there are spiritual groups that ritually use ayahuasca. This is the ethnography of a group active in Québec. The main purpose of this research was to describe this group. The fieldwork took place during the summer of 2010. This research has shown that the ritual use of ayahuasca brings about insights that are integrated in the participant’s life through the group workshop. Moreover, the ritual structure prevents abusive comportments towards this substance.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:49:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AZIZE MARIA YARED DE MEDEIROS.pdf: 632127 bytes, checksum: ff4b65477993129c93063a23fbbd58d3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-14 / The objective of this study is to investigate the permanent process of searching for the holy through experience within New Age s context. It also tried to look for the causes of the beginning of that phenomenon in the rationalistic western society. It was tried to clarify the relationship between a highly scientific, technological and informative society and a Movement that aims to live a mystical bodily and emotionally experience outside conventional religions. It was also studied how western rationalistic thought was built, its influences in religions and in which way it was established in the world what we call post-modernism. It was possible to analyze how this Movement fits in global and pluricultural contemporaneous societies. The study showed that this is an urban peregrination Movement without a settled place keeping as the main goal the own search itself. The results indicate that this Movement has within its essence the proposal of living according to an epistemology that accepts emotions and body sensations as the necessary basis to obtain knowledge and give meaning to the world. The New Age Movement has revealed itself as a constructor of a post-modern ontology where Being is defined especially by feelings. / Este trabalho teve por objetivo investigar o permanente processo de buscar o sagrado, via experimentação, no universo do Movimento Nova Era. Pretendeu também investigar as causas do surgimento desse fenômeno em meio à sociedade ocidental racionalista. Para tanto, buscou-se esclarecer a relação entre uma sociedade altamente científica, tecnológica e informativa e um Movimento que procura viver uma experiência mística corporal e emocionalmente fora do espaço das grandes religiões organizadas. Investigou-se como foi construído o pensamento racionalista do ocidente, suas influências nas religiões e de que modo estabeleceuse o que chamamos de pós-modernidade. Foi possível analisar de que maneira o Movimento se insere no contexto das sociedades contemporâneas, globalizadas e pluriculturais. A investigação mostrou que se trata de um Movimento de peregrinação, urbano, sem espaço fixo, cujo objetivo principal é o próprio processo de buscar. Os resultados indicam ser esse um Movimento que contém implicitamente, em seu bojo, a proposta de viver uma epistemologia que reconhece as emoções e as sensações corporais como a base necessária para obter conhecimento e atribuir significado ao mundo. O Movimento Nova Era revelou-se construtor de uma ontologia pós-moderna, em que o Ser é definido sobretudo pelo sentir.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabio L Stern.pdf: 2128171 bytes, checksum: b6e86071e8095d21802ed1e6db9e678a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-18 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This thesis aimed to investigate the relationship between Naturology in Brazil and the New Age movement, starting from the hypothesis raised by Teixeira that the emergence of Naturology in Brazil is related to the New Age arrival to this country. To this end, 292 questionnaires were applied in naturologists graduated by the two Brazilian universities with Naturology courses recognized by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. In order to measure the degree of adherence to the New Age movement, a Likert scale was applied with 25 items related to major trends of the New Age movement highlighted by Hanegraaff. The results showed 51.7% of the naturologists objectively consider themselves newagers, and the active naturologists are precisely those who demonstrate the greatest degree of identification with the title. It was also verified that the Likert scale results were high in all categories, with averages exceeding 3 (out of 4) / A presente dissertação objetivou investigar as relações entre a Naturologia no Brasil e o mo-vimento da Nova Era, partindo da hipótese levantada por Teixeira de que o surgimento da Na-turologia no Brasil estaria relacionado à chegada da Nova Era ao país. Para tanto, foram apli-cados 292 questionários em naturólogos formados nas duas universidades brasileiras com cur-sos de Naturologia reconhecidos pelo MEC. Para aferir o grau de adesão ao movimento da Nova Era, uma escala do tipo Likert foi aplicada, com 25 itens referentes às grandes tendên-cias do movimento da Nova Era ressaltadas por Hanegraaff. Os resultados demonstraram que 51,7% dos naturólogos consideram-se objetivamente novaeristas, e que os naturólogos atuan-tes são justamente os que demonstram o maior grau de identificação com esse título. Também foi atestado que o grau de adesão da escala do tipo Likert foi alto em todas as categorias, com médias superiores a 3 (de um máximo de 4)

Many single working mothers are challenged with the task of balancing work and home demands. Prolonged exposure to stress can threaten individuals' physical and emotional health and well-being. Listening to music is one commonly used positive coping mechanism for stress management and relief. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of single working mothers who regularly listen to New Age music for stress relief. Participants were single working mothers, 30-45 years old, with self-reported stress, who were employed at least part time and who had at least 1 child under 18 years of age in the home. Participants were interviewed on their experiences with home and work-related stress, motherhood, and listening to New Age music for stress relief. This inquiry was guided by feminist theory, and data was analyzed using Moustakas' modification of Van Kaam's method of data analysis. The responses from these interviews identified the stress factors experienced by these single working mothers, which included finances, workplace stress, childcare, transportation, and working mother stereotypes. Participants also described the calming effects of New Age music on self-reported symptoms of physical and emotional stress. These reported effects include the promotion of mental focus and an immediate physical and emotional release from stress. The results of this study may contribute to positive social change by highlighting the benefits of listening to New Age music as an alternate means of stress management and relief; this implication could indirectly save employers considerable expense in stress-related health care and missed work. These findings may serve as a basis for future quantitative research into the use of music for stress relief.

L’ayahuasca est une décoction de plantes originaires de la forêt amazonienne. Elle contient la vigne nommée ayahuasca (Banistereopsis caapi) et un arbuste (Psychotria viridis). Ces plantes contiennent des substances psychoactives. Respectivement il s’agit de l’harmine et de la diméthyle-tryptamine (DMT). Ce mélange est utilisé par plusieurs peuples autochtones du bassin amazonien depuis une époque qui précède la Conquête. L’ayahuasca est utilisée par ces peuples à des fins chamaniques. Au début du 20e siècle, la demande en caoutchouc a engendrée une migration de travailleurs dans ces régions. Un de ces travailleurs d’origine africaine est entré en contact avec cette substance. De croyance chrétienne, il a interprété son expérience comme une rencontre avec le divin. Ceci l’a amené à fonder dans les années 30 une église syncrétique nommée Santo Daime. Depuis, l’utilisation rituelle d’ayahuasca est répandue dans le monde. Aujourd’hui, On retrouve au Québec des groupes faisant un usage rituel d’ayahuasca. Ce mémoire est une ethnographie d’un groupe actif au Québec. Ce groupe a fait l’objet d’observations participantes durant l’été 2010. L’étude a démontré que la participation aux cérémonies d’ayahuasca engendre des prises de conscience et le travail de groupe en permet l’intégration dans le quotidien des participants. De plus, la structure rituelle garanti un usage non abusif. / Ayahuasca is a decoction of mainly two plants from the Amazonian forest. The vine (Banistereopsis caapi) and the shrub (Psychotria viridis) are its components. Both contain psychoactive subsances. They are respectively Harmine and DMT. It has been used long before the Conquest. People in this region use it as a shamanic tool. However, during the early 20th century, rubber industry brought workers in this region. One Christian rubber tapper of African origin founded a syncretic religion based on the use of ayahuasca. The religion is named Santo Daime. Today, the ritual use of ayahuasca has spread over the world. In Québec, there are spiritual groups that ritually use ayahuasca. This is the ethnography of a group active in Québec. The main purpose of this research was to describe this group. The fieldwork took place during the summer of 2010. This research has shown that the ritual use of ayahuasca brings about insights that are integrated in the participant’s life through the group workshop. Moreover, the ritual structure prevents abusive comportments towards this substance.