Below you can find a selection of papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Esotericism, which was held at Stockholm University, August 27-29, 2012. The copyright of material found on this site (documents and powerpoints) belongs exclusively to each author. For questions about using or reproducing the material, please contact the individual author.
Papers:
Baroni, Francesco: “Idealism and Magic in 20th Century Italy (1910-1940): How Italian Scholars Discovered Western Esotericism”
Kenney, J. Scott: “Freemasons Today: Thematic Claims of Life Changes Since Becoming a Mason”
Kingsepp, Eva: “The Power of the Black Sun: (Oc)cultural Perspectives on Nazi/SS Esotericism”
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard: “Bracketing Beelzebub: Satanism Studies and/as Boundary Work “
Rostad, Aslak: “Contemporary Fraternalism in Norway as Moral Elitism”
Silva, Francisco Santos: “Jorge Ben Jor and Raul Seixas: Two Brazilian Esotericist pop-musicians in the 1970s”
Tilton, Hereward: “Discord and Desecration at Esoteric Glastonbury: The Long Shadows of the English Reformation”
… Stay tuned, more papers to come!
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