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Посланията на гъбите в творчеството на Олга Токарчук
The Messages of Mushrooms in the Works of Olga Tokarczuk

Author(s): Dimitrina Hamze
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Polish Literature, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Институт за знание, наука и иновации ЕООД
Keywords: mycorrhiza; mushrooms; semantics; Life; Death; border; Dream; magic; symbiosis; transformation; Time; communication; integration

Summary/Abstract: Mushrooms are not merely delicious edibles, toxic threats to life, or parasitic organisms. Drawing upon in-depth scientific research, Olga Tokarczuk unveils their unsuspected biointegrative potential, which could serve as a model for interhuman relationships. The aim of the study is to unfold the semantic spectrum of mushroom functions, crucial not only for the biopsychic status of the subject but also for their spiritual and psychic evolution. The methods used include biocognitive, comparative, and semantico-analytical.

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