Essays about: "popular culture esotericism"

Found 2 essays containing the words popular culture 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. 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