A Point of Contact between the Dead and the Living : Field Notes on the Coptic Monk's Life at Wadi Al-Natrun in Egypt(A Point of Contact between the Dead and the Living)

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  • 死者と生者の接点 : コプト修道院のフィールド・ノートから(死者と生者の接点,<特集>第六十五回学術大会紀要)
  • 死者と生者の接点--コプト修道院のフィールド・ノートから
  • シシャ ト セイシャ ノ セッテン コプト シュウドウイン ノ フィールド ノート カラ

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss a point of contact between the dead and the living based on my field notes about the monasteries scattered around the dry area called Wadi al-Natrun, which is located 130 km southeast of Alexandria and 86 km west of Cairo, Egypt. The writer has visited four monasteries (Dair) and has been investigating the sacred trails of Saint lore and ceremonial ritual, especially the healing sacraments. Dair of St. Macarius is the largest monastery of the four Coptic Dair at Wadi al-Natrun. In this paper I try to explain their symbolic ritual drama, which expresses their inward cosmological healing using the metaphor of "light" and "darkness."

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