In contemporary Ireland, mountains, holy wells, and islands attract people from various geographic and religious backgrounds to participate in annual pilgrimages. Scholars and participants continue to debate the historical links of these events to 19th-century turas, “journey” traditions, early medieval penitential liturgies, and even prehistoric veneration of natural phenomena. Drawing from recent participant observation at Croagh Patrick mountain and excavations on Inishark Island, I analyze how modern and medieval pilgrimage practices generated “enchantments” through movements and embodied encounters with stones that materialize both past human action and other-than-human agency. Rather than products of timeless continuity of experience, such enchantments have varied widely across time. Viewing pilgrimage movements and materials in their taskscape settings highlights the articulation between the embodied affects and political and ideological effects of pilgrims’ engagement with stones in particular historic contexts. Questioning simple narratives of continuity, this study demonstrates how a relational approach can enhance analyses of pilgrimage as scenes of social reproduction, ideological controversy, and political contest.

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石头的附魔：在爱尔兰朝圣实践中与非人类代理机构面对面

在当代爱尔兰，山脉，圣井和岛屿吸引着来自不同地理和宗教背景的人们参加每年的朝圣活动。学者和参与者继续辩论这些事件与19世纪图拉斯的历史联系，“旅程”传统，中世纪早期的it悔礼拜仪式，甚至史前对自然现象的崇拜。根据最近在Croagh Patrick山区的参与者观察和Inishark岛上的发掘，我分析了现代和中世纪朝圣实践如何通过运动以及与石头的相遇而产生“结界”，这些石头使过去的人类活动和非人类活动成为现实。这些附魔不是随着时间的流逝而持续不断地产生，而是随着时间的流逝而发生了很大的变化。在特定的历史环境中查看朝圣者的朝圣运动和材料在其工作环境中突出显示了朝圣者与石头交往的内在影响与政治和意识形态影响之间的清楚表达。对连续性的简单叙述提出质疑，本研究证明了一种关系方法如何能够增强对朝圣的分析，这些朝圣是社会再生产，意识形态争议和政治竞赛的场景。