Sacrum ponowoczesne. Nauka i nowa duchowość w poszukiwaniu całości
The postmodern sacred. Science and spirituality in their search for the whole

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the problem of meeting and mutual translation of science and new spirituality in postmodern discourse. The analysis focuses on the three examples: New Age movements, scientific and technological approach to the sacred and phenomenon of minimal spirituality that has been observed during in-depth interviews conducted by the author. In those cases spirituality gives up its attempts to compete with science and, instead, enters the scientific field and initiates the process of translation. This process seems to end with osmosis of the sacred and the profane languages. A specific sacred appears, which both lies within the limits of nature and goes beyond them, which is expressed in terms of science, but does not lose its mysticism. Considering mechanisms of this osmosis, the author comes to the conclusion that this must be mechanism of paradox. It is rooted in multiple loyalty of postmodern man, which allows him to create a “holographic” whole consisting of fragmented or even conflicting senses.

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