The body is coming back into sight as a site for experimentation and as a
target for a type of quasi-transcendence. Within the inverted world of
the lesser reality, the physical body has always been recognized as the
vehicle through which life is experienced. In other words, it is our
avatar whilst in this realm. As such, it has always been a site of
contestation.
In some religious circles, the body is seen as a
material distraction from the Divine and its influence was seen as
needing to be repressed and subjugated (which may include certain
physical deprivations, including self-harm). Various religio-spiritual
perspectives have regarded the physical body as an obstacle, a barrier,
to a sense of the sacred.
The other extreme is that the body is regarded
as the ideal vehicle for experiencing the sensual and sensuous – it is a
vessel for indulgence and decadent experience. Still, there has been no
consensus reached over how to regard the vehicle of the human physical
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