Pop Spirituality: The Application of Popular Culture in Contemporary Esoteric Practices
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | WORLDS: JOURNAL FOR ETHNOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND FOLKLORISTICS |
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| Citation | |
| web | Domovská stránka |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/svetovi.2.2 |
| Keywords | esotericism; video games; aesthetics; occultism; magic |
| Description | Magical practices have undergone significant changes in the past decades, shifting towards accessibility and individuality. With the rise in popularity of individual, custom-designed magical rituals, popular culture has proven to be one of the important aspects associ-ated with the new practice. Influential, reaching a wide audience, with a strong focus on immersive visual aspects, it is of no surprise that practitioners have started to include pop-cultural elements into their rituals. New schools of magic, such as the influential Chaos Magick, have proven to be a fertile ground for these innovative practices. This paper will focus on the mutual interaction between occult knowledge represented through visu-al means in popular culture and the magical practice of modern mages |
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