Rituals and Religious Innovation. The Meaning of Rituals in Shan the Rising Light

This paper presents an example of how rituals may play an important role in the birth of a new religion, and how this religious innovation can be interpreted through the  rituals. This example concerns a religious group — Shan the Rising Light — that has managed to introduce a comprehensive body of...

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Published in:	Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
Main Author:	Mikael Rothstein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Donner Institute 1993-01-01
Subjects:	Ritual Rites and ceremonies Religious movements, Popular Scandinavia Theosophy Freemasonry
Online Access:	https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67217