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- By Andreas Nehring In my lecture I have been reflecting on a specific form of epistemology and on the use of science in a globally engaged field where tools of...
- By Zheng Liu I arrived at the office and waited for him. When I opened the door, everything seemed familiar and unfamiliar. Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a...
- By Julia Gyimesi Although rarely emphasized by historians of psychology, besides philosophy, medicine, and further branches of science, esotericism has had a significant impact on certain schools of psychology. In...
- Our second international CAS-E conference “The Politics of Authenticity in Esoteric Practices” took place from November 15 to 17, 2023 at the conference center “Forschungscampus Waischenfeld”,” nested in a beautiful Franconian...
- By Juan Rivera Cañaris is one of the indigenous societies of the vast South American highlands. Despite being also part of the contemporary Peruvian Andean societies, the ethnography of this...
- By Cecilia Bastos Connecting to a “more than human” universe (Pushkar, India 2008) Historically, modern yoga blossomed from an initial globalisation, being both “Western” and neo-Hindu (Altglas 2007) in...
- By Jane Parish Examining the religious practices of so-called West African ‘voodoo’ and ‘witch doctors’ what social and economic role do these seemingly esoteric figures play in one of the most...
- By James Edmonds I sat snacking on a bench anxiously awaiting the arrival of Habib Syech bin Abdul Qadir Assegaf at the Solo, Indonesia train station. Habib Syech had...
- By Ilia Mozias In the realm of esoteric practices, a fundamental question arises: Are these practices genuine and capable of yielding results, or are they merely products of the imagination...
- By Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm Why is enchantment both widespread and suppressed? Put differently, disenchantment is a myth, why is there a prevailing belief in its existence? Since the release...
