Reflections on the Ethnographic Study of Contemporary Ritual Magic
Correspondences, 2018 This article identifies and engages with the complexities of conducting ethnographic research in the hard-to-access field of Western esotericism, referred to here as “modern ritual magic”.
Damon Zacharias Lycourinos
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Correspondences, 2013 This article explores the representation of Daoism and Chinese religion in the writings of Aleister Crowley. The influence of Asian religions on the occult revival of the late nineteenth century has often been recognized.
Johan Nilsson
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Dion Fortune and her Inner Plane Contacts: Intermediaries in the Western Esoteric Tradition [PDF]
, 2013 Whereas occultists of the standing of H. P. Blavatsky, Annie Besant, C. W. Leadbeater, and especially Aleister Crowley have been well served by academic enquiry and by published accounts of their lives and work, Violet Evans, neé Firth (aka ‘Dion Fortune’
Selby, John
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Magic Made Modern?: Re-evaluating the Novelty of the Golden Dawn’s Magic
Correspondences, 2014 This is an article in the history of magic that re-evaluates Alison Butler’s thesis regarding the novelty of the magical praxis of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Christopher A. Plaisance
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Exploring COVID-19 conspiracy theories: education, religiosity, trust in scientists, and political orientation in 26 European countries. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Jabkowski P, Domaradzki J, Baranowski M.
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Mechanism of Tantra in the Light of Buddhism: A Means to Enlightenment (Society for New Testament Studies) [PDF]
, 2018 Tantra means knowledge of methodical and mechanical investigational-technique through which we develop our consciousness and faculties of consciousness. It is also a process through which we can able to be realized our inherent spiritual powers. The term
Behera, Rajiba, Cm, Shimi
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The Emperor of Fashion's New Starts: Creativity and Meaning in Life in Karl Lagerfeld. [PDF]
Eur J Psychol, 2021 Mayer CH, Kelley JL.
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The Traumatic Mysticism of Othered Others: Blackness, Islam, and Esotericism in the Five Percenters
Correspondences, 2019 This article draws from black critical theory, Western esotericism studies, and scholarship in Islamic studies to articulate the Five Percenters as expressing what I call “traumatic mysticism.” I first articulate blackness as the esoteric secret of the ...
Biko Gray
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Influence of Positive Thinking Ideology on Physician Representations of Cancer. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel), 2023 Higuita-Gutiérrez LF +3 more
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RUDN journal of SociologyThe article considers history, prerequisites and consequences of the spread of New Age ideas and practices in contemporary society as a new form of spirituality that contributes to the emergence and spread of new religious movements (NRMs).
T. A. Khagurov, M. G. Rudakov
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