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Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism. Edited by Egil Asprem. Brill Esotericism Reference Library. Leiden: Brill.
Introduction (Egil Asprem)
Part I: Survey of Contemporary Esotericism
Currents and Concepts
- Aeons (Egil Asprem)
- Alternative Archaeology (Olav Hammer)
- Angel spirituality (Terhi Utriainen)
- Anthroposophy (Peter Staudenmaier)
- Archaeosophy (Francesco Baroni)
- Biodynamic Agriculture (Olav Hammer)
- Dianetics and Scientology (Hugh Urban)
- Discordianism (J. Christian Greer)
- Fourth Way / The Work (Carole Cusack)
- Grimoires (Damon Zacharias Lycourinos)
- Kardecism (Steven Engler)
- Maitreya-Christ (Bern-Christian Otto)
- Martinism (Massimo Introvigne)
- New Thought (Olav Hammer)
- Paganism (Ethan Doyle White)
- Psychedelic Church Movement (J. Christian Greer)
- Rosicrucianism (Massimo Introvigne)
- Spiritualism (Anne Kalvig)
- Tantra (Julian Strube)
- Theosophy (Massimo Introvigne)
- Traditional Witchcraft (Ethan Doyle Whie)
- Traditionalism (Mark Sedgwick)
- UFOs and Esotericism (David G. Robertson)
- Umbanda (Steven Engler)
- Vampirism (Joseph Laycock)
- Waldorf Education (Olav Hammer)
- Wicca (Ethan Doyle White)
- A Yoga (Baier)
Groups and Organizations
- AMORC (Massimo Introvigne)
- Cerchio Firenze77
- Church of All Worlds (Carole Cusack)
- Church of Scientology International (Hugh Urban)
- Church of the SubGenius (J. Christian Greer)
- Damanhur
- Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC)
- Esalen Institute
- Grey School of Wizardry (Carole Cusack)
- Gurdjieff Foundation
- Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT)
- Kabbalah Centre (Nicole M. Bauer)
- Lectorium Rosicrucianum
- MISA
- Nation of Gods and Earths
- Nation of Islam
- Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO)
- Ordre Martiniste
- Pagan Federation
- Santo Daime (Labate & Rose)
- Servants of the Light
- Share International (Bern-Christian Otto)
- Silver Elves
- Society of the Inner Light, The
- Tempelhofgesellschaft
- TOPY
- Traditional Martinist Order
- Tribunal of the Sidhe
- UDV
- Valley of the Dawn (Kelly E. Hayes)
Individuals
- Berg, Karen (Nicole M. Bauer)
- Berg, Michael (Nicole M. Bauer)
- Berg, Philip (Nicole M. Bauer)
- Berg, Yehuda (Nicole M. Bauer)
- Bey, Hakim (J. Christian Greer)
- Bivolaru, Gregorian
- Campbell, Joseph
- Carroll, Peter
- Chopra, Deepak
- Cochrane, Robert
- Creme, Benjamin (Bernd-Christian Otto)
- d’Este, Sorita
- Dick, Philip K.
- Farrakhan, Louis
- Farrar, Stewart and Janet
- Greene, Liz
- Hine, Phil
- Icke, David (David G. Robertson)
- Jodorowsky, Alejandro
- Knight, Gareth
- Knight, Michael Muhammad
- Murphy, Michael
- Palamidessi, Tommaso
- Peterson, Jordan Bernt (Dimitry Okropiridze)
- Price, Richard
- Rankine, David
- Regardie (Christopher Plaisance)
- Rowe, Benjamin (Christopher Plaisance)
- Sanders, Alex and Maxine
- Savitri Devi (Julian Strube)
- Schwaller de Lubicz, René
- Skinner, Stephen
- Smith, Huston
- Snell, Lionell
- Stevenson, Ian
- Stratton-Kent, Jake
- Strieber, Whitley
- Tegtmeier, Ralph
- Valiente, Doreen (Ethan Doyle White)
- Virtue, Doreen (Terhi Utriainen)
- Wilcock, David
- Wilson, Robert Anton (David G. Robertson)
- Xavier, Chico
- Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory
- Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon
Part II: Locations of Contemporary Esotericism
Part III: Explaining Contemporary Esotericism
- Cultic Milieu
- Mediatisation (Ingvild Gilhus)
- Occulture (Christopher Partridge)
- Fiction-Based Esotericism (Markus Altena Davidsen)
- Global Approaches (Julian Strube)
- Critical Theory (Manon Hedenborg-White)
- Commodification and Marketisation (Guy Redden)
- Cognition (Egil Asprem)
Part IV: Accessing Contemporary Esotericism
- Historical Approaches to Contemporary Esotericism (Hanegraaff)
- Ethnography
- Digital Methods I: Web Philology
- Digital Methods II: Netnography
- Digital Methods III: Online Data Mining
- Quantitative Sociological Methods (Margrethe Løøv)
- Folkloristics (Amy Hale)
- Experimental Methods (Marc M. Andersen)
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