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Estados de consciência místicos e Transe capoeirano: uma interpretação da obra de mestre Decanio à luz do pensamento de William James

2021; Associação Brasileira de História das Religiões; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.29327/256659.12.2-17

2179-0019

Cícero Cunha Bezerra,

Corporeality, Perception, and Education

The figures of masters Bimba and Pastinha dominate, in general, the interests and analysis of capoeira.However, among the various masters that make up the universe of capoeira, there is one that, in my understanding, establishes an extremely particular view of capoeira practice, namely: master Decanio (1923-2012). This article, therefore, aims to understand, in the light of William James’ thinking, especially his reflections present in his lectures on the mystical states of consciousness, to what extent it is possible to sustain the mystical character of the capoeira trance, proposed by Decanio, as a particular way of ecstasy that occurs through the interaction between three levels that would constitute the human psyche: conscious, unconscious, and modified states of consciousness.