Naturism as a Way of Life: Nature Worshippers' Community of Western Slovenia

Prof. Dr. Cirila Toplak, Faculty of Social Sciences Ljubljana

Cankarjev dom Literature and Humanities Naturism as a Way of Life: Nature Worshippers' Community of Western Slovenia

The Nature Worshippers' community of Western Slovenia (the Littoral region) is a recently discovered field of scientific research based on transcripts of oral tradition and a collection of conserved objects. This primary source provides evidence of existence of a counterculture, a secret community with pre-Christian and pre-modern features. It not only cultivates an attitude towards nature that is diametrically opposed to the extractivism of modern society, but also re-defines religion as a way of life.