神話口述與通靈象徵－「天山老母」女乩現象研究

Oral Accounts of Myth and Symbolism of Supernatural Powers: Research on the Phenomenon of Venerable Mother of the Heavenly Mountain (Tianshan laomu 天山老母) Female Spirit Mediums

王鏡玲(Ching-ling Wang)

《臺灣宗教研究》 14卷2期 (2015/12) Pp. 65-93

摘要

本文探討「天山老母」的女乩現象如下：一、作為草根宗教菁英的女乩如何透過母語具體生活化、切身性的口述，來表達抽象、形而上的神聖力量。二、女乩如何展現民間通靈象徵體系的意涵：例如「陰陽合一」的聖界、「超自然」界的鬥法與合作、以及靈乩和傳統民間「輪迴」和「冤親債主」等宗教理念之間的連結。三、女乩如何以「人格神」的神話與靈力運作，展現文化象徵與女乩個人權力意志的結合，凸顯弱勢階層宗教人的自我肯定。

關鍵字

天山老母 ； 女乩 ； 神話口述 ； 象徵

並列摘要

This article explores the phenomenon of Tianshan laomu female spirit-mediums in the following ways: first, it explores how female spirit-mediums, that are essentially grass-roots religion, express the abstract and metaphysical nature of sacred power through the concrete activation of their mother language and personal narratives; second, it explores how female spirit mediums reveal meanings associated with popular supernatural symbolic systems (for example, the sacred world of the unification of yin and yang [yingyang heyi 陰陽合一], the competition and cooperation of the supernatural world, and the links between numinous spirit writing and traditional popular religious concepts like cyclic existence [lunhui 輪迴], karmic creditors [yuanqin zhaizhu 冤親債主], and others); third, it explores how female spirit mediums, through myths of divine integrity and the operation of numinous power, reveal the integration of cultural symbolism and the individual authority and will of female spirit mediums, giving prominence to the self-affirmation of religious individuals of disadvantaged social stratums.

並列關鍵字

Venerable Mother of the Heavenly Mountain (Tianshan laomu 天山老母) ； female spirit mediums ； oral accounts of myth ； symbolism

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