Place of power
As a place of power (including power place , place of power or magical place called) a place is called, where a mostly positive (often negative) psychological impact in terms of calming , strengthening and expansion of consciousness is attributed. Places of power are predominantly referred to as geographic locations which, according to esoteric ideas, have a special earth radiation . Depending on the esoteric orientation, geomantic , magical , mythical or Feng Shui "energies" are accepted. In some forms of psychotherapy , imaginations of places of power are used in relaxation exercises to deepen relaxation . Sometimes the term is also used for places that are subjectively experienced as calming, relaxing or edifying . The energies claimed in certain geographical locations cannot be scientifically proven.
Geographic power places
According to widespread esoteric ideas, all places of worship from pre-Christian times and sacred buildings that are built over places of worship are special geomantic places of power. It is assumed that the people of the early days had a feeling for densities or concentrations of “universal life energy” in certain places in the cosmos or on earth.
Often, striking geographic locations such as springs, river banks, gorges, mountain peaks, caves, rocks, stones, old trees and clearings, especially when myths and legends surround them, are considered places of power.
According to esoteric ideas, unknown places of power can be found using intuition or radiesthesia and their strengths can be “measured” in Bovis units by pendulum . There are also ideas among representatives of geomantic esotericism that visitors to the place of power withdraw energy from the place of power and that it takes a period of time until the initial energetic state is restored at the place.
The most famous places, often referred to as places of power, include Uluru or Ayers Rock (Australia), Stonehenge (Great Britain), the pyramids (Egypt), the Nazca Lines (Peru) or the Externsteine (Germany).
tourism
In tourism , attempts are made to generate receptive customers by traveling to places of spiritual and esoteric interest. Accordingly, places of "rest, inspiration, consolation and strength" are advertised as attractions for visitors. In recent years “nature-power-paths”, “power paths” or routes with “magical places” have been created, on which a large number of “power places” are marked in a dense space.
Time and again, there are conflicts between the interests of modern tourists and the religious feelings of the indigenous people in places that are considered magical and sacred places for the indigenous people. The Anangu at Uluru have repeatedly threatened since 2007 to close the area to tourists for inappropriate behavior. Native Americans in North America are successfully resisting tourist activities at their holy sites, such as Devils Tower in Wyoming and Cave Rock in Nevada .
Churches and monasteries
Within the churches , ecclesiastical buildings are sometimes referred to as “places of power”, but they have little to do with esoteric geographical places of power, but are intended as places where spiritual strengthening is to take place through devotion or worship .
Inner place of power
In psychotherapy , especially in psychological pain therapy , places of strength are used in relaxation exercises or in fantasy journeys to deepen states of relaxation and to direct attention . The patient is instructed to imagine a place from his memory where he felt particularly comfortable or strengthened. Imaginations of places of power also play a role in coping with stress and in terminal care .
See also
literature
- Rainer Limpöck : Places of power in the Alps: On the way to the places of power in the Alps . Pichler, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85431-507-0 .
- Blanche Merz : Places of Power - Little known cosmo-terrestrial energies. Institut de Recherches en Geobiologie, Chardonne 1989, ISBN 2-8257-0111-4 .
- Notker Wolf : Where are we making a pilgrimage? Old ways and new goals . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-644-00491-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Ruppert: From “places of power”, “holy places” and “sacred landscapes” . Promises of the esoteric scene. In: Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauungsfragen (Hrsg.): Materialdienst . Journal for questions of religion and belief. tape 68 , no. 5 , 2005, ISSN 0721-2402 , p. 179–183 ( online [PDF; accessed February 1, 2016]).
- ↑ Gudrun Sachse, Niklas Schenk: “The power lies in the rod”, Dossier Science in GEO Special No. 6/2008 - Magical Places ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dossier Economy and Politics in GEO Special No. 6/2008 - Magical Places ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ German National Tourist Board : Special places between heaven and earth: Spiritual travel
- ↑ Dorisa Winkenbach: Homepage of natural force path in Mörlenbach . 26th September 2019
- ↑ "Esotericism - Vienna District Wieden Creates Power Path" Vienna Online. March 4, 2007
- ↑ Archaeological Working Group for the City and District of Osnabrück e. V .: Discover magical places and experience them virtually
- ^ Sacred Land Film Project en
- ↑ Dossier Economy and Politics in GEO Special No. 6/2008 - Magical Places ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ “Suddenly people no longer experience the monasteries as a cultural and economic vehicle, but as a place of strength” Sueddeutsche 2008
- ↑ "Church buildings as holy places, places of power, reminded us of our actual and ultimate goal." Badische Zeitung 2010
- ↑ “As a place of strength, the sisters serve not only intensive prayer, but also their church, which stands as an oval in the heart of the complex.” For more tolerance and humanity - The Gemündener Kreuz Sisters and their upbringing and educational mission ( Memento from August 30, 2010 on the Internet Archives )
- ↑ "... a special place of strength, a spiritual idyll, so to speak, because the monastery is located in the middle of a green oasis of forest and meadows and exudes both sublime calm and seclusion. BR-Online 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the Vienna Woods is a" place of power "(Pope Benedict XVI.)" Heiligenkreuz Abbey
- ↑ "Such places of power are obviously in demand, because new ones are constantly emerging:" Within a year, motorway churches and chapels in Hamm-Rhynern, Kassel, Wittlich and Bochum were added "" Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 2010 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2010 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Critical position against the trend of “spiritual culture filling stations” diocese of Münster 2010
- ^ Hilarion Petzold : Psychotherapeutic accompaniment of the dying. University of Mainz Hilarion G. Petzold: Psychotherapeutic accompaniment and "consolation work" with the dying - an integrative concept for thanatotherapy (2004)
- ↑ Mohammed El Hachimi, Liane Stephan: SpielArt. Concepts of systemic supervision and organizational advice. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002, ISBN 978-3-525-46106-8 book preview
