The thesis deals with the cultural phenomenon of women's circles within the Slovenian context, which refers to the women's community, as well as knowledge and rituals that are socially gendered. It focuses on understanding the practice of women's circles through the ideas of new-age spiritual movements and spiritual feminism, and thus through the concept of post-secular explores deeper connections between contemporary spirituality and feminism, as well as the secular culture of subjective wellbeing, within the practice itself. Women's circles, through a unique atmosphere of security and trust, an informal, non-institutionalized, non-hierarchical way of organization and often taboo topics of women's knowledge, which are addressed and centered within the practice, challenge traditional patriarchal norms and encourage the participating individuals to empower and emancipate on an individual and collective level. Through a case study, based on the analysis of secondary literature and qualitative empirical research, which is based on ethnographic and autoethnographic methods, the thesis shows the practice of women's circles as a multifaceted phenomenon that concerns many current social issues, e.g. the issue of gender, women's emancipation etc. The thesis partially confirms the main hypothesis about the emancipatory influence of the practice of women's circles on the individuals who participate in them and points to the rise of collective female consciousness, which indicates potential wider social changes.
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