The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games

The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities to explore the roles that symbolic second selves—avatars—can play in our lives. The use of avatars can allow for what anthropologists call ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, meaning "standing outside oneself...

Updated: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:32:27 +0300

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