| Title: | Life changes after the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, including a deeper sense of spirituality |
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| Authors: | ID Brumec, Snežana (Author) |
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| Files: |  Life_changes_after_the_Camino_de_S-Brumec-2022.pdf (1,47 MB)
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 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20440243.2022.2042948
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | While it is widely known that pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago changes people, there is limited research exploring the transformative aftereffects of the experience. The purpose of this article is to contribute to filling this research gap by comparing life changes in beliefs, philosophy and behavior to life changes after three different kinds of exceptional human experiences (EHEs) from methodologically similar studies. Life changes after the pilgrimage experience are compared with life changes after unitive/mystical experiences (U/MEs), combat near-death experiences (cNDEs), and hypnotically-induced death experiences (HDEs). To measure life changes reported by pilgrims who had traveled the Camino de Santiago, an online survey (n = 630) was conducted using the established instrument for assessing aftereffects of the EHE, the ‘Life Changes Inventory-Revised’ (LCIR). Findings suggest that pilgrimage experience may be comparable in aftereffects to other types of EHEs. In all four comparative studies, the most striking changes involve an increase in appreciation for life; a heightened quest for meaning and sense of purpose; more concern for others; greater selfacceptance; as well as a deeper sense of spirituality. Also, all four yielded a decrease in concern with worldly achievement. In the present study this decrease tends to be strongly associated with an increase in spirituality but not religiousness. |
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| Keywords: | spirituality, transformative aftereffects, exceptional human experiences, Camino de Santiago, pilgrimages |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2022 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 20-35 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 12, Št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-85216  |
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| UDC: | 316.74:2 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2044-0251 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 100835331 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/20440243.2022.2042948 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 22.08.2023 |
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| Views: | 534 |
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| Downloads: | 60 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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