Spatial Occultism : Placement and Spaces of Occult Ritual Practice Within Pop Culture
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783111062624-006" target="_blank" >10.1515/9783111062624-006</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Spatial Occultism : Placement and Spaces of Occult Ritual Practice Within Pop Culture
Original language description
Occult topics, often connected with paranormal and supernatural phenomena, have been resonating through pop-cultural visual depictions for some time. A noteworthy features is the imagination of the spaces where occult activities are conducted or play a significant role within the story – this ranges from dark basements, forests, cemeteries, hospitals, and schools. While often varying in their location, a closer analysis reveals common features which artists and writers tend to associate with the occult. Some creators are indeed influenced by the historical record, but on many occasions the artist simply amplifies certain “occult” features to increase aesthetic appeal. This appeal has a strong effect on the non-fictional world, where these features are likely to be integrated into contemporary occult practice. Especially in the branche of magical known as Chaos Magick, the line between fiction and non-fiction is consciously blurred. Here the circle of art imitating life and life imitating art is completed. This paper examines these features, creating categories of ritual spaces depicted in popular culture, and comparing them with those of modern occultists, in an attempt to analyze how they mutually influence each other.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
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Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Modernity and the Construction of Sacred Space
ISBN
9783111061382
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Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
103-126
Publisher name
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Place of publication
University of Erfurt
Event location
Erfurt
Event date
Jan 1, 2022
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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