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Parapsychology Under Socialism: Comparative Perspectives in China and the USSR

Check out some images from the workshop organized by Prof. Birgit Menzel and Prof. Michael Lackner on January, 29-30, 2026 at CAS-E. Participants at the workshop on “Parapsychology Under Socialism”.

CAS-E Reorientation (2026–2030)

Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices in a Global Perspective Here you find an overview of CAS-E’s extension phase (2026–2030) and the reorientation informing it.

Rethinking Methodology: Sensory Modalities in Ethnographic Research

Check out some images from the 1-day workshop on feeling, hearing, and seeing ethnography differently. The workshop, organized by Maryam Abbasi in collaboration with Dominik Müller, took place on December 11, 2025 at CAS-E.

Different Perspectives on the Yogic Body: Kundalini’s Thousand Guises

A workshop by Dr. hab. Bernd-Christian Otto, Permanent Fellow, CAS-E, and Dr. Monika Hirmer, Postdoc Research Coordinator, CAS-E In this workshop, Monika and Bernd introduced different aspects of Kundalini yoga from their respective perspectives: Monika provided insights into Goddess worship as it is practiced among the tantric practitioners whom she lived with as a researcher […]

CAS-E Visits Fondation Alain Daniélou (Zagarolo, Italy)

This is the second consecutive semester that a number of CAS-E team members, and visiting and permanent fellows were invited to participate in the workshops organized by Interstices: Center for Transversal Thinking (Freiburg, Germany) hosted at the Fondation Alain Daniélou (Zagarolo, Italy). In 23-25 May, 2025, the topic of the workshop was “Knowledge Transmission and […]