MANTRAMS Project Launch

Name: Project Launch Event
Start: 2025-03-10T17:00:00+0000
End: 2025-03-10T20:00:00+0000

MANTRAMS – Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia

SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies

10 March 2025

In this talk, the three principal investigators, Carola Lorea, Finnian Gerety, and Borayin Larios, will introduce the project and present concrete examples of mantra practices studied within their respective research. These include the sound efficacy of mantras, ancient Sanskrit conceptualizations of mantra power, their material presence in inscriptions and amulets, and their evolving role in digital spaces, yoga communities, and diasporic religious practices.

By integrating diverse methodologies and creating sonic, visual, and digital archives, the MANTRAMS project advances a new understanding of mantras as multisensory, transregional phenomena. Join us to explore how mantras shape religious and cultural landscapes from ancient times to the present.

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