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The study of contemporary esoteric discourse has hitherto been a largely neglected part of the new academic field of Western esotericism. Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessment of the complex world of Western esoteric thought today. Combining historiographical analysis with theories and methodologies from the social sciences, the volume explores new problems and offers new possibilities for the study of esoterica. Contemporary Esotericism studies the period since the 1950s but focuses on the last two decades. The wide range of essays are divided into four thematic sections: the intricacies of esoteric appeals to tradition; the role of popular culture, modern communication technologies, and new media in contemporary esotericism; the impact and influence of esotericism on both religious and secular arenas; and the recent \'de-marginalization\' of the esoteric in both scholarship and society. |
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Egil Asprem, Kennet Granholm |
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Contributors ix
1 Introduction 1 Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm
PART I: TRADITION
2 Constructing Esotericisms: Sociological, Historical and
Critical Approaches to the Invention of Tradition 25 Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm
3 Inventing Africa: Esotericism and the Creation of an
Afrocentric Tradition in America 49 Fredrik Gregorius
4 Secret Lineages and de Facto Satanists: Anton LaVey’s Use of Esoteric Tradition 72 Per Faxneld
5 Perennialism and Iconoclasm: Chaos Magick and the Legitimacy of Innovation 91 Colin Duggan
PART II: POPUlAR CUlTURE AND NEW MEDIA
6 Occulture is Ordinary 113 Christopher Partridge
7 From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online 134 Jesper Aagaard Petersen
8 Accessing the Astral with a Monitor and Mouse: Esoteric
Religion and the Astral Located in Three-Dimensional
Virtual Realms 159 John L. Crow
9 The Secrets of Scientology: Concealment, Information Control and Esoteric Knowledge in the World’s Most Controversial New Religion 181 Hugh B. Urban
10 Hidden Knowledge, Hidden Powers: Esotericism and
Conspiracy Culture 200 Asbjørn Dyrendal
PART III: ESOTERIC TRANSFERS
11 Discursive Transfers and Reconfigurations: Tracing the
Religious and the Esoteric in Secular Culture 226 Kocku von Stuckrad
12 Radical Politics and Political Esotericism: The Adaptation of
Esoteric Discourse within the Radical Right 244 Jacob Christiansen Senholt
13 New Age Spirituality and Islamic Jihad: Paulo Coelho’s Manual of the Warrior of Light and Shamil Basayev’s Manual of the
Mujahid 265 Eduard ten Houten
14 Deep Ecology and the Study of Western Esotericism 287 Joseph Christian Greer
PART IV: lEAVINg ThE MARgINS
15 The Secular, the Post-Secular and the Esoteric in the Public
Sphere 309 Kennet Granholm
16 Psychic Enchantments of the Educated Classes: The Paranormal
and the Ambiguities of Disenchantment 330 Egil Asprem
17 The New Kids: Indigo Children and New Age Discourse 351 Daniel Kline
18 A Small-Town Health Centre in Sweden: Perspectives on the Western Esotericism Debate 372 Liselotte Frisk
19 Entheogenic Esotericism 392 Wouter J. Hanegraaff
20 A Deliciously Troubling Duo: Gender and Esotericism 410 Jay Johnston Bibliography, Discography and Filmography 426
Index 463 |
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