CAS-E goes to ESSWE!

Check out some pictures from the Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism, which took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on June 26-28, 2025.

Bernd-Christian Otto. Photocredit: Kristina Petrikonyte, ESSWE.

Kelly Hayes, Knut Graw are joined online by Birgit Menzel to discuss CAS-E tandem-papers. Photocredit: Kristina Petrikonyte, ESSWE.

Anna Ozhiganova presenting on “Children of New Age: Pathways to Resilience of Late Soviet Esoteric Practices”.

Mary Abbasi presenting on “Digitalization is resistance: Social Media-Based Esoteric Practices in Contemporary Iran”.

Monika Hirmer presenting on “The Resilience of a Guru”.

Knut Graw presenting on “Ritual Resilience: Divinatory Practices as Technologies of Hope”.

Kelly Hayes presenting on “Science and Spirit: Rationalization and Legitimization Strategies in Brazil’s Valley of the Dawn”.

Kelly Hayes and Monika Hirmer at the ESSWE reception. Photocredit: Kristina Petrikonyte, ESSWE.

ESSWE reception.

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