MERLEAU-PONTY’S PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE MEANING OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE BALINESE CREATIVE PRACTICE OF WAYANG TANTRI
Vidyottama Sanatana International Journal of Hindu Science and Religious Studies June 30, 2026 A. A. Putra Dwipayana, Mukhtasar Syamsuddin, Iva Ariani
This study aims to disclose the meaning of religious experience in the creative practice of Wayang Tantri through the phenomenological perspective of Merleau-Ponty. Employing a qualitative approach grounded in library research and hermeneutic analysis, the study demonstrates that the creativity of Wayang Tantri is not merely an aesthetic product, but an existential event unfolding through the...