LEADER 04325oam 2200685I 450 001 9910462604903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-138-85611-8 010 $a1-315-72865-6 010 $a1-317-54357-2 010 $a1-84465-774-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315728650 035 $a(CKB)2670000000420807 035 $a(EBL)1782464 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036261 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11574532 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036261 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11041327 035 $a(PQKB)10651479 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1782464 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1782464 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745274 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL644331 035 $a(OCoLC)890531485 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000420807 100 $a20180706e20142013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aContemporary esotericism /$fedited by Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 225 1 $aGnostica : texts and interpretations 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Equinox, and imprint of Acumen. 311 $a1-322-13077-9 311 $a1-908049-32-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 426-462) and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Tradition; 2 Constructing Esotericisms: Sociological, Historical and Critical Approaches to the Invention of Tradition; 3 Inventing Africa: Esotericism and the Creation of an Afrocentric Tradition in America; 4 Secret Lineages and de Facto Satanists: Anton LaVey's Use of Esoteric Tradition; 5 Perennialism and Iconoclasm: Chaos Magick and the Legitimacy of Innovation; Part II: Popular Culture and New Media; 6 Occulture is Ordinary; 7 From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online 327 $a8 Accessing the Astral with a Monitor and Mouse: Esoteric Religion and the Astral Located in Three-Dimensional Virtual Realms 9 The Secrets of Scientology: Concealment, Information Control and Esoteric Knowledge in the World's Most Controversial New Religion; 10 Hidden Knowledge, Hidden Powers: Esotericism and Conspiracy Culture; Part III: Esoteric Transfers; 11 Discursive Transfers and Reconfigurations: Tracing the Religious and the Esoteric in Secular Culture; 12 Radical Politics and Political Esotericism: The Adaptation of Esoteric Discourse within the Radical Right 327 $a13 New Age Spirituality and Islamic Jihad: Paulo Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light and Shamil Basayev's Manual of the Mujahid 14 Deep Ecology and the Study of Western Esotericism; Part IV: Leaving the Margins; 15 The Secular, the Post-Secular and the Esoteric in the Public Sphere; 16 Psychic Enchantments of the Educated Classes: The Paranormal and the Ambiguities of Disenchantment; 17 The New Kids: Indigo Children and New Age Discourse; 18 A Small-Town Health Centre in Sweden: Perspectives on the Western Esotericism Debate; 19 Entheogenic Esotericism 327 $a20 A Deliciously Troubling Duo: Gender and Esotericism Bibliography, Discography and Filmography; Index 330 $aThe study of contemporary esoteric discourse has hitherto been a largely neglected part of the new academic field of Western esotericism. Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessment of the complex world of Western esoteric thought today. Combining historiographical analysis with theories and methodologies from the social sciences, the volume explores new problems and offers new possibilities for the study of esoterica. Contemporary Esotericism studies the period since the 1950's but focuses on the last two decades. The wide range of essays are divided into four thematic se 410 0$aGnostica (Louvain, Belgium) 606 $aOccultism 606 $aReligions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOccultism. 615 0$aReligions. 676 $a130 701 $aAsprem$b Egil$0911888 701 $aGranholm$b Kennet$f1977-$0911889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462604903321 996 $aContemporary esotericism$92042024 997 $aUNINA