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Research on esotericism in Scandinavia

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2008
The title of this paper can be understood in two senses. In the sense of ‘research on esotericism carried out by Scandinavian scholars’, the field is blossoming.
Henrik Bogdan, Olav Hammer
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Post-secular esotericism? Some reflections on the transformation of esotericism

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2008
In the last fifteen years the study of Western esotericism has become an academic discipline in its own right. The vast majority of research conducted within the field is focused on older, historical developments, with recent expressions of esotericism ...
Kennet Granholm
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Esotericism in reverse

Approaching Religion, 2018
Western esotericism appears to be a field most precarious in terms of positioning. This article will highlight the divide between ‘critics’ and ‘religionists’ from a pre-Enlightenment position by discussing René Descartes’ role within esotericism.
Tomas Mansikka
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The Globalization of Esotericism

Correspondences, 2015
In recent discussions about the study of esotericism, the adjective “Western” has come under critical scrutiny. Shouldn’t “esotericism” be understood as a global rather than just a Western eld of research?
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
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Western esotericism: the new generation [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2022
The article presents an overview of the development of research on Western esotericism in the works of the younger generation of scientists in 2010-2021, the works of E. Asprem, Y. Strube, L. Saif are primarily distinguished.
Pavel Nosachev
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Magical thinking as a socio-psychological phenomenon of spiritual life in the early 21st century [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2023
The paper considers the phenomenon of magical thinking as a cognitive-emotional distortion of a person’s perception of objective reality from the standpoint of the doctrine of esotericism.
Serdyuk E.G.
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Kereke Ya Sephiri: A Study of a Secret Society in Botswana and South Africa [PDF]

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2022
The difference between esotericism and exoterism is unlike the difference between circles and rectangles. It is also not the difference between the size and relevance of a specific body of knowledge in circulation.
Leslie Nthoi
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Artists as truth-seekers

Approaching Religion, 2021
This article focuses on the concept of the seeker and considers how the analytical tool of seekership, defined and developed in the sociology of religion, could be applied to the study of art and esotericism.
Nina
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Interdisciplinary Studies of Western Esoterim and Culture Studies [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2016
Interdisciplinary studies have long become an integral part of modern science, but in the field of religious studies and studies in Western esotericism, they are still not sufficiently widespread.
Nosachev Pavel
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Sociology of the Occult [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2017
The paper deals with the history of the “sociology of the occult”. It examines main stages of its development exemplified by works of C. Campbell, E. Tiryakian, M. Truzzi, J. Webb.
Nosachev Pavel
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