ABSTRACT

Emersiology consists of identifying the degrees of awakening of consciousness. Emersion is the action of emergence of sensations up to the conscious surface, through immersion into a specific or new activity or/and environment. Aesthesiology expresses a philosophy of the senses – of sensations, feelings and affects. A plunge into nature allows the body to feel modifications uncontrolled by the will, within the context of suitable emersive leisure activities. The development of emersive leisure thus goes from sensory exposure to elements in nature up to the inner exploration of the capability resources of the body, leading to the development of the senses, the emergence of new sensations and an exaltation of the senses. The living body is active before the consciousness of the living body perceives it, as is shown especially in the examples of apnoea (Chapter 16 by Mary Schirrer) and circus arts (Chapter 18 by Bernard Andrieu and Haruka Okui). The chapters of Part III show the activation of the living body and its emergence up to the surface of consciousness in a variety of ways.