ABSTRACT
This article discusses the spatial dimension of the religious experience between candomblecistas and evangelicals, which involves these agents' spatial practices and equally, their representations of space. This is done by establishing a parallel between Mythical Geography and Prophetic Geography with Candomblé (Terreiro do Cobre) and Neo-Pentecostalism (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God), respectively. These geographies (Mythical and Prophetic) were described by Dardel (2015)DARDEL, E. O homem e a terra. São Paulo: Editora Perspectiva, 2015. 159p. and express various ways of human beings relating to the Earth. It is these modes of relationship with space - synthesized in the concept of geographicity - that are discussed based on distinct creeds in which different ways of perceiving, representing and acting in reality are presented through two symbolic forms (CASSIRER, 1994CASSIRER, E. Ensaio sobre o homem. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 1994. 400p.), that of myth - which substantiates a Mythical Geography - and that of religion - which in turn gives rise to a Prophetic Geography.
Keywords:
Mythical Geography and Prophetic Geography; symbolic form; geographicity; Terreiro do Cobre and Universal Church of the Kingdom of God