Essays about: "contemporary esotericism"

Found 4 essays containing the words contemporary esotericism.

  1. 1. Western Esotericism references in Dario Argento’s triology The Three Mothers

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Emilie Spagnoli; [2023]
    Keywords : Occultism; Esotericism; film critic; Steiner; feminine power; gender; Dario Argento; horror cinema; Suspiria; Inferno; The Mother of Tears;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the influences and references, with a particular focus from occultism and western esotericism, found in the film trilogy of The Three Mothers directed by Dario Argento. The trilogy composed of Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother of Tears was produced in a timeframe of thirty years from 1977 to 2007, so it embeds three decades, it also reflects the willingness from the director to disconnect himself from the usual representation of supernatural and horror films of witches and power. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Newer New Age. Irony and the Enchantment of Atheism in Syntheist Religion

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Robert Wedin; [2016-01-29]
    Keywords : religious reconfiguration; contemporary esotericism; irony; atheism; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study how the stipulations of religious thought changes as society gets increasingly digitalized, life become more virtual and people get interconnected through the internet. The thesis engages with the new religious movement Syntheism, which is considered to be an example of said changes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Video Games and Contemporary Esotericism: A study of eco-spirituality and the Grand Polemical Narrative in Final Fantasy VII

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Robert Wedin; [2014-06-27]
    Keywords : Final Fantasy VII; video games; popular culture esotericism; Jeffrey Kripal; Superstory; occulture; eco-enchantment;

    Abstract : The concern of this essay is how religious change can be understood through the way that conceptions of religiosity and spirituality are represented in popular culture. The success of works of popular culture are due to the ability of these works to resonate with a large number of people, which suggests that popular culture reflects the hopes, desires, fears and anxieties of these people. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Baphomet : A discourse analysis of the symbol in three contexts

    University essay from Religionshistoria

    Author : Carl Karlson-Weimann; [2013]
    Keywords : Baphomet; Western esotericism; Satanism; occulture; discourse theory; Éliphas Lévi; Anton Szandor LaVey; metal music; culture; religion;

    Abstract : This essay examines how the Baphomet symbol is understood in three different contexts. Firstly, the understanding of the Baphomet is analysed in the book Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, written by the French 19th century occultist Éliphas Lévi. READ MORE