hieraticism

hieraticism

the principles, attitudes, and practices of priests as a group, both Christian and non-Christian. — hieratic, adj.
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Hieraticism, asceticism, the absence of volume in an icon preclude any materialisation, while the emotion it provokes is transformed into a religious feeling that conduces to a mystical sense (mysterium tremendum).
They are dazzling in their nullity, and in their coldness--the coldness of make up and ritual hieraticism ...