Esoterisim in Bali between Tradition and Globality

在过去的几十年里，深奥的运动已经踏上了印度尼西亚的巴厘岛，在那里他们可以与传统的宗教环境融合。从那时起，巴利沙曼人、大师拉图·巴格斯（Ratu Bagus）和当地的瑜伽运动获得了国际关注——精神旅游极大地推动了这一运动。然而，到目前为止，几乎没有关于巴厘岛神秘主义的研究。本项目旨在填补这一空白：通过探索上述三个运动，它试图从其历史，结构和内容方面对巴厘岛的神秘主义进行全面的概述。重点在于定性分析各种神秘的主角在巴厘岛。特别关注的是教义，实践，以及巴厘岛神秘主义的转变过程，使人们看到神秘概念与巴厘岛传统背景的融合。此外，还将对各种密教信徒的知识结构进行表征，以弄清楚不同的传记背景如何塑造巴厘岛作为密教智慧之地的概念。通过这种方式，概念拟合点可以被揭示出来，这使得巴厘岛的几个神秘主义演员有可能将他们不同的粉丝群联合到一个可以被识别为神秘主义的单一运动中——通过解决全球神秘主义的概念，以及巴厘岛作为小印度的殖民思想和巴厘岛的地方愿景。

During the past decades, esoteric movements have set foot on the Indonesian island of Bali where they could merge with the traditional religious context. Since then, Balishamans, the guru Ratu Bagus and the local Yoga movement have gained international attention - significantly boosted by spiritual tourism. However, virtually no research on Esotericism in Bali has been done so far. The present project aims to fill this gap: By exploring the three movements mentioned, it seeks to give a complete overview of Esotericism in Bali - in terms of its history, structure, and content.The focus lies on a qualitative analysis of the various esoteric protagonists in Bali. Special attention is given to doctrines, practices, and the transformation process of Balinese Esotericism to make visible the amalgation of esoteric concepts with the traditional context of Bali. Furthermore, the structures of knowledge of the various esoteric adherents are to be characterized, to figure out how different biographical backgrounds can shape the conceptualization of Bali as a place of esoteric wisdom. This way, the conceptual fitting points can be revealed which made it possible for the several esoteric actors in Bali to unite their diverging fanbase to a single movement that can be identified as esoteric - by addressing concepts of global Esotericism along with the colonial idea of Bali as litte India and local visions of balineseness.