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This cluster of papers explores the intersection of occult beliefs, spiritual practices, and esoteric traditions with modernity. It delves into topics such as occultism, spiritualism, psychical research, neo-paganism, and theosophy, shedding light on the historical, cultural, and philosophical dimensions of these phenomena.

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Occultism; Spiritualism; Esotericism; Psychical Research; Neo-Paganism; Religious Studies; Theosophy; Alchemy; Psychic Phenomena; New Religions

On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods

2011-10-04

Laurent Magne

Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession

1991-01-01

Ralph A. Luebben , I. M. Lewis

Journal Article Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession (2nd ed.), by I. M. Lewis. New York: Routledge, 1989, 200 pp. $13.95 paper Get access Ralph A. Luebben … Journal Article Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession (2nd ed.), by I. M. Lewis. New York: Routledge, 1989, 200 pp. $13.95 paper Get access Ralph A. Luebben Ralph A. Luebben Grinnell College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 1, Spring 1991, Pages 129–130, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710724 Published: 01 March 1991

Existentialism and Humanism (1946)

2008-01-01

Jean Paul Sartre , Philip Mairet

Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, 'Existentialism and Humanism' is Sartre's seminal defence of his original doctrine of existentialism and a plan for its practical application to … Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, 'Existentialism and Humanism' is Sartre's seminal defence of his original doctrine of existentialism and a plan for its practical application to everyday human life.

Disciplining Old Age: The Formation of Gerontological Knowledge

1997-01-01

Brian Gratton , Stephen Katz

In Disciplining Old Age Stephen Katz gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rigorous approach to what gerentology does. He deftly and subtly combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, and the … In Disciplining Old Age Stephen Katz gives us a sophisticated and theoretically rigorous approach to what gerentology does. He deftly and subtly combines the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, and the Althusser in his analysis of what he calls the gerontological web.Katz explores how political and social sciences have differentiated the elderly as a special kind of population characterized in negative terms, and he examines the literature of the discipline and shows how gerontology as built itself as a discipline through its journals, associations, funding agencies, and schools of thought.

Psychology of Religion: Classic and Contemporary

1997-09-01

William G. Doty , David M. Wulff

Introduction: The Psychology of Religion in a Changing World. The Formal Beginnings: Three Traditions. The Biological Foundations of Religion. Behavioral and Comparative Theories of Religion. Religion in the Laboratory. The … Introduction: The Psychology of Religion in a Changing World. The Formal Beginnings: Three Traditions. The Biological Foundations of Religion. Behavioral and Comparative Theories of Religion. Religion in the Laboratory. The Correlation Study of Religion. The Perspective of Sigmund Freud. Object-Relations Theory and Religion. Erik H. Erikson: Religion in the Human Life Cycle. C. J. Jung and the Analytical Tradition. William James and His Legacy. The German Descriptive Tradition. The American Humanistic Synthesis. Epilogue. Glossary. References. Source Notes. Picture Credits. Indexes.

The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914

1986-04-01

Roger Cooter , Janet Oppenheim

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Setting: 1. Mediums 2. Membership Part II. A Surrogate Faith: 3. Spiritualism and Christianity 4. Psychical research and agnosticism 5. Theosophy and … List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. The Setting: 1. Mediums 2. Membership Part II. A Surrogate Faith: 3. Spiritualism and Christianity 4. Psychical research and agnosticism 5. Theosophy and the occult Part III. A Pseudoscience: 6. Concepts of mind 7. The problem of evolution 8. Physics and psychic phenomena Conclusion Notes Index.

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande

2017-07-05

E. E. Evans‐Pritchard , Eva Gillies

This acknowledged masterpiece has been abridged to make it more accessible to students. In her introduction, Eva Gillies presents the case for the relevance of the book to modern anthropologists. This acknowledged masterpiece has been abridged to make it more accessible to students. In her introduction, Eva Gillies presents the case for the relevance of the book to modern anthropologists.

Rethinking the animate, re-animating thought

2006-03-01

Tim Ingold

Abstract Animism is often described as the imputation of life to inert objects. Such imputation is more typical of people in western societies who dream of finding life on other … Abstract Animism is often described as the imputation of life to inert objects. Such imputation is more typical of people in western societies who dream of finding life on other planets than of indigenous peoples to whom the label of animism has classically been applied. These peoples are united not in their beliefs but in a way of being that is alive and open to a world in continuous birth. In this animic ontology, beings do not propel themselves across a ready-made world but rather issue forth through a world-in-formation, along the lines of their relationships. To its inhabitants this weather-world, embracing both sky and earth, is a source of astonishment but not surprise. Re-animating the 'western' tradition of thought means recovering the sense of astonishment banished from official science. Keywords: Animismrelational ontologymovementweather-worldscience

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

1964-10-26

Ilza Veith

Shamanism, while essentially a form of healing, is also intimately involved in religion, and in the person of the shaman is found that duality in which deism and medicine coexist. … Shamanism, while essentially a form of healing, is also intimately involved in religion, and in the person of the shaman is found that duality in which deism and medicine coexist. This extraordinary and superb volume on shamanism is the first complete history of this practice. The author, Chairman of the Department of the History of Religion at the University of Chicago, possesses the erudition necessary to deal with the religious and medical aspects of shamanism in every part of the world. Like his previous books<i>Shamanism</i>was originally written in French and has been very well translated into English. Although the rites of initiation of the shaman embody primarily physical measures, the practice of shamanism is chiefly ritualistic. While the functions of the shaman are essentially similar to those of the medicine man, he alone can cope with illnesses of supernatural origin, namely, the ones that are due to "loss

Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature

1972-01-01

Barry Westburg , M. H. Abrams

In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies Romantic Age (1789-1835)-the age in which Shelley claimed that the literature of England has arisen as it were from a … In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies Romantic Age (1789-1835)-the age in which Shelley claimed that the literature of England has arisen as it were from a new birth. Abrams shows that major poets of age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and in Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of age. But Abrams offers more than a work of scholarship, for he ranges before and after, to place age in Western culture. he reveals what is traditional and what is revolutionary in period, providing insights into those same two forces in ideas of today. He shows that central Romantic ideas and forms of imagination were secularized versions of traditional theological concepts, imagery, and design, and that modern literature participates in same process. Our comprehension of this age and of our own time is deepened by a work astonishing in its learning, vision, and humane understanding.

Spiritual, but not religious : understanding unchurched America

2013-01-01

Robert C. Fuller

Nearly 40% of all Americans have no connection with organized religion. Yet many of these people, even though they might never step inside a house of worship, live profoundly spiritual … Nearly 40% of all Americans have no connection with organized religion. Yet many of these people, even though they might never step inside a house of worship, live profoundly spiritual lives. But what is the nature and value of unchurched spirituality in America? Is it a recent phenomenon, a New Age fad that will soon fade, or a long-standing and essential aspect of the American experience? In Spiritual But Not Religious, Robert Fuller offers fascinating answers to these questions. He shows that alternative spiritual practices have a long and rich history in America, dating back to the colonial period, when church membership rarely exceeded 17% and interest in astrology, numerology, magic, and witchcraft ran high. Fuller traces such unchurched traditions into the mid-nineteenth century, when Americans responded enthusiastically to new philosophies such as Swedenborgianism, Transcendentalism, and mesmerism, right up to the current interest in meditation, channeling, divination, and a host of other unconventional spiritual practices. Throughout, Fuller argues that far from the flighty and narcissistic dilettantes they are often made out to be, unchurched spiritual seekers embrace a mature and dynamic set of basic beliefs. They focus on inner sources of spirituality and on this world rather than the afterlife; they believe in the accessibility of God and in the mind's untapped powers; they see a fundamental unity between science and religion and an equality between genders and races; and they are more willing to test their beliefs and change them when they prove untenable. Timely, sweeping in its scope, and informed by a clear historical understanding, Spiritual But Not Religious offers fresh perspective on the growing numbers of Americans who find their spirituality outside the church.

’Psychology and Religion’

2017-05-15

Carl Jung

The elephant is neither an inference nor a statement nor the subjective judgment of a creator. It is a phenomenon. But people are so used to the idea that psychic … The elephant is neither an inference nor a statement nor the subjective judgment of a creator. It is a phenomenon. But people are so used to the idea that psychic events are wilful and arbitrary products, or even the inventions of a human creator, that they can hardly rid ourselves of the prejudiced view that the psyche and its contents are nothing but people's own arbitrary invention or the more or less illusory product of supposition and judgment. Religion, as the Latin word denotes, is a careful and scrupulous observation of what Rudolf Otto aptly termed the numinosum, that is, a dynamic agency or effect not caused by an arbitrary act of will. A great many ritualistic performances are carried out for the sole purpose of producing at will the effect of the numinosum by means of certain devices of a magical nature, such as invocation, incantation, sacrifice, meditation and yoga practices, self-inflicted tortures of various descriptions, and so forth.

The Better Angels in Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes

2012-05-01

Douglas Bulloch

Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion

2002-01-01

Rodger M. Payne , Wade Clark Roof

Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION On Maps and Terrains 3 CHAPTER 1 Varieties of Spiritual Quest 16 CHAPTER 2 The Making of a Quest Culture 46 CHAPTER 3 Spiritual Marketplace 77 CHAPTER … Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION On Maps and Terrains 3 CHAPTER 1 Varieties of Spiritual Quest 16 CHAPTER 2 The Making of a Quest Culture 46 CHAPTER 3 Spiritual Marketplace 77 CHAPTER 4 On Being Fluid and Grounded III CHAPTER 5 A Quest for What? 145 CHAPTER 6 Redrawing the Boundaries 180 CHAPTER 7 Realigning Family and Religion 217 CHAPTER 8 Moral Vision and Values 254 CONCLUSION Whirl Is King, Having Driven Out Zeus 294 APPENDIX Methodology 315 Notes 325 Index 361

Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

1997-11-01

Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault … Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things, Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.

Magic, Science, Religion, and the Scope of Rationality

1992-04-01

Mary Tiles , S. J. Tambiah

List of plates Foreword Alfred Harris Acknowledgements 1. Magic, science and religion in Western thought: anthropology's intellectual legacy 2. Anthropology's intellectual legacy (continued) 3. Sir Edward Tylor versus Bronislaw Malinowski: … List of plates Foreword Alfred Harris Acknowledgements 1. Magic, science and religion in Western thought: anthropology's intellectual legacy 2. Anthropology's intellectual legacy (continued) 3. Sir Edward Tylor versus Bronislaw Malinowski: is magic false science or meaningful performance? 4. Malinowski's demarcations and his exposition of the magical art 5. Multiple orderings of reality: the debate initiated by Levy-Bruhl 6. Rationality, relativism, the translation and commensurability of cultures 7. Modern science and its extensions Notes Bibliography Index.

The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth Century Miller

1982-10-01

Alex Keller , Carlo Ginzburg , John Tedeschi +1 more

The Uses of Enchantment

1978-05-01

Charlotte Klose , Bruno Bettelheim

Morning Yet on Creation Day

1976-01-01

Cecil Abrahams , Chinua Achebe

Moon, Sun, and Witches

1987-12-31

Irene Silverblatt

The History of Twins, as a Criterion of the Relative Powers of Nature and Nurture

1876-01-01

Francis Galton

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Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England, 1500-1800.

1983-11-01

Ε. L. Jones , Keith Thomas

Archetypes and the collective unconscious

2018-05-08

Thomas T. Lawson

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

1999-01-01

Monty L. Lynn , David O. Moberg

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Post-Modern Ethnography: From Document of the Occult to Occult Document

1986-12-31

Stephen A. Tyler

Phenomenology of Spirit

1977-01-01

G. W. F. Hegel , A. V. Miller

Spiritual, but not Religious

2001-11-15

Robert C. Fuller

Abstract This book explores the history and present status of unchurched spirituality in the U.S. Nearly 20% of all Americans consider themselves interested in spiritual issues even though they never … Abstract This book explores the history and present status of unchurched spirituality in the U.S. Nearly 20% of all Americans consider themselves interested in spiritual issues even though they never step inside a church or synagogue. Most would describe themselves as spiritual at a personal level, but in some way alienated from organized religion. Today's alternative spirituality is the outgrowth of long‐standing traditions in American religious life. Colonial Americans were astonishingly eclectic in their religious pursuits, availing themselves of sundry magical and occult religious philosophies. In the nineteenth century, a number of metaphysical systems (e.g., Transcendentalism, Swedenborgianism, mesmerism, and spiritualism) penetrated deep into the spiritual vocabulary of middle‐class Americans who were eager to synthesize science and religion into a single vision of the universe. By the early twentieth century, there was already something of an “American tradition” of unchurched spirituality. Diverse interests including alternative medicine, parapsychology, the hidden powers of the unconscious mind, and Asian religions all contributed to the spiritual journeys of those who looked for religious inspiration outside America's established churches. The book concludes by demonstrating that far from the kooky and self‐absorbed dilettantes they are often made out to be, America's unchurched spiritual seekers embrace a mature and dynamic set of beliefs.

The Uses of Enchantment

1976-01-01

Bruno Bettelheim

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

1923-10-01

G. Bazarbayeva , James George Frazer

The Inner American: A Self-Portrait from 1957 to 1976

1982-01-01

Paul Anthony Schwartz , Joseph Veroff , Elizabeth Ann Malcolm Douvan +1 more

The Inner American: A Self-Portrait from 1957 to 1976, by Joseph Veroff, Elizabeth Douvan and Richard A. Kulka and Mental Health in America: Patterns of Help-seeking from 1957 to 1976, … The Inner American: A Self-Portrait from 1957 to 1976, by Joseph Veroff, Elizabeth Douvan and Richard A. Kulka and Mental Health in America: Patterns of Help-seeking from 1957 to 1976, by Joseph Veroff, Richard A. Kulka and Elizabeth Douvan Get access Paul Anthony Schwartz Paul Anthony Schwartz Graduate Theological Union Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 43, Issue 2, Summer 1982, Pages 178–180, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710800 Published: 01 July 1982

Religion and science : historical and contemporary issues

1997-01-01

Ian G. Barbour

Body/Meaning/Healing

2002-01-01

Thomas J. Csordas

Steering Committee, 1856–1913

2025-06-27

| Cambridge University Press eBooks

King Jeongjo Overcoming the Death of Crown Prince Sado: From the Perspective of Post-Traumatic Growth

2025-06-25

Sei-Kyung Kim | Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education

From Folk to Lived: The Formation of Conceptual Frameworks for the Study of Private Forms of Religion

2025-06-25

I. I. Efremov , А. А. Беломыцев | Concept philosophy religion culture

The article provides an overview of theoretical approaches to comprehending private forms of religion. Private forms of religion are understood as beliefs and practices that go beyond exclusively institutional structures … The article provides an overview of theoretical approaches to comprehending private forms of religion. Private forms of religion are understood as beliefs and practices that go beyond exclusively institutional structures and doctrines. The relevance of the topic is connected with the existing demand for identifying trends in the development of the religious situation based on data on practices that take place in the everyday life of believers. The study aims to trace the peculiarities of the conceptualization of the notion of ‘private religion’ as a broad framework for describing religious reality. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set: 1) To identify, based on systematization of the existing research literature, the key optics of studying private forms of religion; 2) to compare the specifics of definitions of religious reality in each of these optics; 3) to establish the key elements of the broadest approach to religious reality in the light of the theory of ‘lived religion’ ; 4) to trace the genetic connection of the theories of the framework of ‘lived religion’ with previous forms of theorizing, and to describe the evolution of these concepts in terms of religious epistemology. The materials of the study were publications devoted to private forms of religion considered within the concepts of lived religion, vernacular religion , and related concepts, as well as their predecessors - popular religion and folk religion , which caused the emergence of modern models.The methods of theoretical analysis and SWOT analysis were used to assess the internal logic of the concepts under consideration as well as the method of historical analysis, which allowed for the tracing of the evolution of approaches and establishment of their origins. In addition the method of comparative analysis was used to compare the existing strategies for researching private forms of religion. As a result, the conceptual contours of the study of private forms of religion were revealed, taking into account the peculiarities of previous theories. The article makes 4 main conclusions: 1. The systematization of the research literature has revealed two groups of studies: ‘traditional’ studies of ‘folk religion’ and publications from the late 20th century that attempt to revise these traditional optics. The first group is represented by sources that emphasize ‘folk’ beliefs and practices. The second group includes modern theories of “lived”, “vernacular”, “material” and other conceptualizations of private forms of religion, which developed as a reflection on the limitations of existing models. 2. Each of the optics focusing on private forms of religion emphasizes the irreducibility of description to observable phenomena; in this case ‘vernacular religion’ fixes first of all the presence of the irrational element of the course of religious life; ‘material religion’ establishes the significance of objectification of religious life; ‘lived religion’, in our opinion, is the broadest notion revealing the variety of possible theoretical approaches to private forms of religion. 3. The key elements of modern concepts of private forms of religion are: the idea of their dynamic nature; the emphasis on everyday practices and their context; the orientation on empirical analysis and the application of qualitative research methods; the priority of research on material culture, personal experience of believers, and sensory aspects of worship. 4. Within the framework of addressing the theoretical origins of modern approaches, the main methodological difficulties are identified (primarily related to the hierarchical and evaluative specificity of traditional theories). The problem of neutral terminology is revealed, related to the inevitability of discursive associations and dichotomous oppositions, which, despite criticism, continue to be reproduced in research. It is revealed that comprehensive analyses of institutional and private practices from the perspective of systemically conducted falsificationism remain relatively rare, which indicates the prospect of further research in this area.

Omnipresence according to the English Thinkers of the Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries

2025-06-24

Ryan W. Keating , Charles Taliaferro | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract Theism faced many challenges in this time frame, principally due to the rise of scientifically oriented naturalism. Most theistic philosophers held that divine omnipresence was a matter of God’s … Abstract Theism faced many challenges in this time frame, principally due to the rise of scientifically oriented naturalism. Most theistic philosophers held that divine omnipresence was a matter of God’s creative conservation of the cosmos and God’s omniscience, but in the seventeenth century Henry More proposed that space itself is a divine attribute or an extension. This chapter includes reasons for and against More’s notion of what he called God’s space and how this was assessed by Newton, Clarke, and others. It includes some historical background to shed light on the debate about More et al. With respect to the nineteenth century it engages with the rise of Darwinian biology, Kant’s transcendental idealism, and British Idealism.

Monstrous Angels in Modern Culture

2025-06-24

Gregory W. Stevenson | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract Over the past few decades, the comforting and benevolent image of the angel has given way to depictions of angels as monstrous. These depictions rely heavily on biblical and … Abstract Over the past few decades, the comforting and benevolent image of the angel has given way to depictions of angels as monstrous. These depictions rely heavily on biblical and extra-biblical traditions regarding cherubim/seraphim, fallen angels, and the Nephilim. Within popular culture, these monstrous angels embody the spiritual and moral anxieties that trouble us as individuals and as a society. This essay examines three particular uses of monstrous angels within modern popular culture: monstrous angels as social commentary (Legion, Noah, Angelology), monstrous angels as reflection on human nature (Lucifer, Gabriel, Doctor Who), and monstrous angels as reflection on faith (The X-Files).

Called to Raise the Next Generation of Saints

2025-06-23

Kristin M. Peterson | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract In the spring of 2024, American football player Harrison Butker gave a commencement speech at a conservative Catholic college in Kansas that circulated widely in digital media spaces. The … Abstract In the spring of 2024, American football player Harrison Butker gave a commencement speech at a conservative Catholic college in Kansas that circulated widely in digital media spaces. The speech promotes traditional Catholic teachings related to gender roles in families. Although a large portion of the online commentary on the speech was critical of Butker, this article focuses on a small subset of Catholic influencers who expressed support for Butker’s promotion that women find fulfillment as wives and mothers. This article examines how Catholic tradwife influencers use the space of Instagram, both the captions and the visual aspects, to defend their countercultural choices to be homemakers without careers outside the home. This analysis sheds light on how individuals express their traditional religious identity in social media spaces that are often dominated by neoliberal, post-feminist ideals that women find empowerment and success through careers. While the captions engage with theological and feminist arguments, the visual styles of the posts deploy markers of success in the Instagram influencer space, such as having an attractive husband and beautiful family, wearing nice clothing, and curating a domestic space that signals economic success. The analysis of these posts illustrates that the visual style is more successful than written captions at conveying happiness and success in the space of Instagram influencers.

Atheism Is Impossible in Practice

2025-06-22

| University of Notre Dame Press eBooks

Richard Kearney’s itineraries: Salvage, Hosting Earth, and Anacarnation

2025-06-21

Anne O’Byrne | Continental Philosophy Review

Roberto Assagioli: A transpersonal magician? Connections with W.E. Butler and Western esotericism

2025-06-20

Mike Rush | Transpersonal Psychology Review

In a previous article (Rush, 2016), I argued that Western Esotericism had contributed to the development of transpersonal psychology. In the present article, I continue this argument by focusing on … In a previous article (Rush, 2016), I argued that Western Esotericism had contributed to the development of transpersonal psychology. In the present article, I continue this argument by focusing on Roberto Assagioli and comparing his work with that of his contemporary Walter Ernest Butler. Assagioli (1888–1974) was an Italian psychiatrist and the founder of psychosynthesis, whilst W.E. Butler (1898–1978) was a ritual magician and representative of the Western Mystery Tradition in the UK. I argue for ritual magic (as opposed to stage magic) as a form of spiritual practice, before highlighting some of the parallels in the psychological work of Assagioli and the magical work of Butler. This paper is based on an article originally submitted for the PGDip in Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University and was presented at the BPS Transpersonal Psychology Section conference at Cober Hill, Scarborough, UK, in 2023.

Íme, Szolgálólányod meséje

2025-06-19

Beáta Gombkötő | Lelkipásztor

A tanulmány Mária történetét a trauma lencséjén keresztül vizsgálja. A testi és lelki autonómia sérülése, a biztonságérzet elvesztése és az identitás megrendülése olyan tapasztalatok, amelyek nemcsak a trauma túlélőire, hanem … A tanulmány Mária történetét a trauma lencséjén keresztül vizsgálja. A testi és lelki autonómia sérülése, a biztonságérzet elvesztése és az identitás megrendülése olyan tapasztalatok, amelyek nemcsak a trauma túlélőire, hanem Máriára is jellemzőek. E törésekből később poszttraumás növekedés bontakozik ki, hiszen Mária a Magnificatban saját szenvedését ajándék narratívává formálja a világ számára. A trauma hermeneutikai lencséje lehetőséget kínál arra, hogy a megtestesülés eseményét női testtapasztalatból kiinduló teológiai perspektívából is újraértelmezzük. Mária testének megtörése új megközelítést, új istentapasztalatot és új kérdéseket vet fel a megtestesülés és a beleegyezés kapcsolatáról, valamint a női testek feletti isteni és társadalmi rendelkezés határairól, végül pedig a vallásos alapú maszkulin dominanciáról.

Istentisztelet 2.0 A jelenlét kérdése és való(di)sága és a virtuális istentisztelet

2025-06-19

Károly Hafenscher | Lelkipásztor

A 20–21. század fordulóján felgyorsult elektronikus fejlődés, amely átjárta a mindennapokat, megjelent az egyház életében is. A pandémia időszaka pedig – kényszerből – felfejlesztette azokat a kommunikációs eszközöket, amelyek az … A 20–21. század fordulóján felgyorsult elektronikus fejlődés, amely átjárta a mindennapokat, megjelent az egyház életében is. A pandémia időszaka pedig – kényszerből – felfejlesztette azokat a kommunikációs eszközöket, amelyek az elszigetelt közösségi életben hatékonynak bizonyultak. A bezárt templomok idején az online istentisztelet számos olyan teológiai kérdést vetett fel, amely a járvány megszűnése után is releváns maradt. A dolgozat ebből az aspesktusból foglalkozik a virtuális valóság, a virtuális térben való egyházi megjelenés, az emberi és isteni valóságos jelenlét kérdéseivel. Olyan korszakváltást él meg a világ s benne az egyház, amely páratlan a történelemben. Ennek lehetőségei és veszélyei késztetik az egyházat arra, hogy a virtuális térben való imádság, igehirdetés és liturgia kérdéseire választ adjon.

Theory of the ritual landscape

2025-06-19

| Oxbow Books

L’allusion Paratopique: Vers Une Déconstruction Du Discours Religieux

2025-06-19

Jawad Hazım | Litera:dil,edebiyat ve kültür araştırmaları dergisi

Western Religious Cults

2025-06-19

Trent C. Holmberg , Kelsey N. Tuttle | Cambridge University Press eBooks

Wilfred R. Bion’s Psychoanalysis Between Epistemology and Mysticism: The Dark Night, Transformation in O, and Mental Growth

2025-06-18

Martin Eleven | Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society

Abstract This article examines Wilfred R. Bion’s psychoanalysis in its unique interplay between epistemology and mysticism. It then explores the potential of Bion’s concept of O for an alternative understanding … Abstract This article examines Wilfred R. Bion’s psychoanalysis in its unique interplay between epistemology and mysticism. It then explores the potential of Bion’s concept of O for an alternative understanding of religion within psychoanalysis and beyond. Rather than seeing religion as an archaic relic of human history, Bion makes it possible to understand the encounters with the numinous (the experience of the presence of the godhead, absolute truth or ultimate reality) described in religion as processes of transformation of an open reality. The attitude that Bion requires in order to make these transformations possible is explained on the basis of his own references to the mysticism of John of the Cross, in particular to the Dark Night described by him.

From the Field Laboratory of Dreams: The Letters of Kateryna Hrushevska to British Anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman (From the Archives of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland)

2025-06-18

Тетяна Шевчук | Folk art and ethnology

This published work is based on the letters of Kateryna Hrushevska (1900–1943) to Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873–1940), preserved at the archives of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and … This published work is based on the letters of Kateryna Hrushevska (1900–1943) to Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873–1940), preserved at the archives of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The peculiarities of the methods of recording and studying dream interpretation in the early 20th century are considered. Ch. Seligman, as a representative of the «psychoanalytic avant-garde» (E. Linstrum), has taken part in the creation of a database of dream narratives, documenting them across various regions of the British Empire. He has been particularly interested in interpretations of dreams involving raw meat, climbing the mountain, flying, and the naked human body. K. Hrushevska has decided to acquaint Ch. Seligman with Ukrainian field experience in dream interpretation, in particular with the ethnographic records of Vasyl Kravchenko (1862–1945) and Liudmyla Shevchenko (1895–1969), collected mainly in the Volhynian Governorate. In her letters to Ch. Seligman, K. Hrushevska has drawn attention to the specific features of Ukrainian ritual practice (such as the celebration of Christmas and Easter) and the impact of prophetic dreams on community life. Scientific novelty. The letters from K. Hrushevska to Ch. Seligman, sent to London in 1925, are published here for the first time. Conclusions. It has been established that, thanks to the field notes sent by K. Hrushevska, Ch. Seligman incorporated Ukrainian dream narratives into academic circulation. They have formed a part of the foundation for his comparative studies, particularly the work “The Unconscious in Relation to Anthropology” (1928).

Belief in the Supernatural and Witchcraft in the Peasant Worldview of the Russian Empire at the Turn of the XIX‒XX Century

2025-06-18

Olga E. Vaskina , Zoya A. Medvedeva , Анна Евгеньевна Серафимович | Общество философия история культура

This article explores the worldview of the peasantry in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centu-ries, with particular focus on the role of belief in … This article explores the worldview of the peasantry in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centu-ries, with particular focus on the role of belief in the supernatural and witchcraft in the folk worldview. The au-thors analyze various aspects of the daily life of the peasantry, with special emphasis on the perception of magical practices as an integral component of interaction with the surrounding reality. The work demonstrates that witchcraft rituals and superstitions fulfilled a protective function, safeguarding individuals, livestock, and property from hostile forces. Particular attention is paid to the interaction of pagan beliefs, Christian tradition, rational perceptions, and official ideology. The authors conclude that, depending on the specific circumstances, one of these ideological strata could become dominant, but the state doctrine did not have a significant impact on archaic views. Traditional beliefs were not only preserved in the peasant environment, but also continued to exist in subsequent historical periods.

Dreaming Kingship: Meta-Parable and Divine Desire

2025-06-17

Julian Ungar-Sargon | Journal of Religion and Theology

Scientology Online

2025-06-17

| Yale University Press eBooks

Declaration 127 and anti-racist Heathen activism

2025-06-17

Dominic Alessio , Robert J. Wallis | Manchester University Press eBooks

Animal symbols in occult lore and sometimes accompanying ritualistic animal sacrifice in Chile, South America

2025-06-13

Juan Claudio Gutierrez , Steven D. Holladay | Human-Animal Interactions

Abstract Background: The word “occult” means hidden. Occult rituals are indeed commonly characterized by group secrecy and may include Satanism, Witchcraft, Divination and other practices. The occult lore commonly includes … Abstract Background: The word “occult” means hidden. Occult rituals are indeed commonly characterized by group secrecy and may include Satanism, Witchcraft, Divination and other practices. The occult lore commonly includes a variety of symbols, often including animals that play a part by carrying supposed elements of magic. Methods: This manuscript first explores occult symbols and ongoing aspects of occult lore in Chile, South America. Representative isolated cases involving ritualistic sacrifice in the capital city of Santiago, and in central beach towns are then explored. Results: An emerging message is that some isolated rituals of the occult, while often largely unseen, take place in our society. Conclusions: The authors of this manuscript acknowledge the religious aspects of animal symbols. However, concerns arise when occult activity includes animal abuse and unnecessary suffering. Creating greater awareness of such animal use is hoped to be a step toward prevention.

The Status and Implications of Tasan’s Ritual Studies

2025-06-13

Dong-woo Chang | The Journal of TASAN Studies

Rabbi Soloveitchik on Religion and Science – Where the Conflict Really Lies

2025-06-12

Noam Oren | Theology and Science

A disszenzus mint a filozófia megoldhatatlan problémája

2025-06-10

Bence Zajácz | Elpis Filozófiatudományi Folyóirat

The status of the Buddhists of Buryatia in the context of the religious policy of the USSR in the second half of the 1960s — first half of the 1980s

2025-06-10

Петр Константинович Дашковский , E.A. Traudt | Vestnik arheologii, antropologii i ètnografii

Based on the analysis of archival materials from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (Moscow) and the State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia (Ulan-Ude), this article examines the … Based on the analysis of archival materials from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (Moscow) and the State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia (Ulan-Ude), this article examines the status of the Buddhist commu-nity of the Buryat ASSR in the context of the religious policy of the Soviet Union. A particular attention is given to the study of the financial, economic and ritual activities of the Ivolginsky Datsan. It has been determined that the main rites during this period were funeral services, for which the Ivolginsky Datsan receives significant financial resources. The analysis of the dynamics of the staff numbers of the datsan has shown that there was a personnel shortage associated with the advanced age of the lamas, which they tried to solve by various methods. Despite the atheistic policy pursued in the USSR, and all the associated challenges, the religious association of Buddhists continued to develop, which was due to a combination of many factors. One of the important aspects that had a positive effect on the development of Buddhism in Buryatia during this period was the foreign policy of the USSR, during which the Buddhist leaders of the Soviet Union acted as a certain instrument for the implementation of diplomacy with the countries of Southeast Asia.

Non‐contrastive transcendence as gift and challenge to science and religion

2025-06-09

Peter Jordan | Modern Theology

Abstract This article suggests that the nature of transcendence represents a promising topic for future engagement between revision‐minded theologians in the field of science and religion and tradition‐oriented ones. It … Abstract This article suggests that the nature of transcendence represents a promising topic for future engagement between revision‐minded theologians in the field of science and religion and tradition‐oriented ones. It does so by drawing on Kathryn Tanner's account of non‐contrastive transcendence within the history of Christian theology to illuminate the thinking of contemporary science and religion pioneer Arthur Peacocke. Peacocke thought modern science showed God to be immanently present to and working in the natural world, and not merely transcendent over it as its creator. To correct an alleged theological overemphasis on God's transcendence—one that shaded into distance and disconnection—Peacocke sought to reintroduce immanence into the God‐creation relation. His approach imagined transcendence and immanence as separate modalities that could be increased or decreased independently of one another. Had Peacocke adopted a non‐contrastive view of transcendence, in which a particular kind of transcendence makes immanence possible, he could have met the requirements he set for satisfactory pictures of the God‐world relation, claimed the profound sense of immanence he wanted, and situated himself within a more traditional way of thinking. In doing so, however, Peacocke would have had to settle for a vision of science‐theology relations in which science's theological impact is less profound than the field often assumes.

The Short Century

2025-06-09

| Duke University Press eBooks

This chapter is the introduction to the exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945–1994, curated by Okwui Enwezor and shown at the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich; … This chapter is the introduction to the exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945–1994, curated by Okwui Enwezor and shown at the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich; the House of World Cultures, Berlin; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and ps1, Museum of Modern Art, New York, between February 2001 and early 2002. It traced these historical developments as manifest in art, posters, photography, architecture, music, theater, literature, and film, as well as archival texts.

Chapter One Scientology Online

2025-06-06

| Yale University Press eBooks

J. D. Fergusson’s Poise Revisited

2025-06-06

John Wood | Edinburgh University Press eBooks

The Cycles of Heaven and History

2025-06-05

Wilson Lee | Journal of the Philosophy of History

Abstract The pluralism of The Shadow of God invites us to also consider ‘non-Western’ ways of ‘coming to terms with the world’ in historical immortality and the project of reconciliation. … Abstract The pluralism of The Shadow of God invites us to also consider ‘non-Western’ ways of ‘coming to terms with the world’ in historical immortality and the project of reconciliation. I offer two methodological notes for any such undertaking. The first note elaborates on Rosen’s point that “‘non-Western’ cultures have been heavily influenced by Western ones – even in their opposition to the West” by examining the forgotten Straits Chinese philosopher, Tan Teck Soon, in the context of fin-de-siècle British colonial Singapore. The second note concerns a commitment to anthropocentrism in such considerations and how it might condition our search for ‘non-Western’ ways out of the ‘spiritual situation of the West’, even if we are to find ‘non-Western’ cultures uninfluenced by ‘the West’ such as the early Daoist text of the Zhuangzi , which Tan based his version of historical immortality and attempt at the project of reconciliation upon.

Supplemental Material for The “Demonic” in Dreams and Nightmares

2025-06-05