...Nicolas Boissière; Yael Dansac This special issue of Nova Religio aims to document and analyze how creativity, adaptation, and innovation occurred in contemporary Paganism and New Age during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on long-term fieldworks mainly focused on ritual practices, the four articles...

... on “conspirituality” in its contexts of cultural views, expression, and practices. [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 New Age Paganisms conspirituality Rainbow Gatherings COVID-19 counterculture The restrictions and vaccination programs related...

... Advaita Vedanta Alice Bailey anti-intellectualism Assembly of Man Benares League of America Franklin “Yogagnani” Merrell-Wolff Gertrude “Lakshmi Devi” Adams gurus Helena P. Blavatsky Inayat Khan Introceptualism New Age Order of Avalokiteshvara Sarah “Sherifa” Merrell-Wolff Sufi Order...

...Anna Iskra Since the 2000s, Chinese society has experienced a state codirected psychologization of everyday life. This is reflected in the popularity of the Body-Mind-Spirit ( shen xin ling ), a New Age self-cultivation milieu that emerged at the intersections of religiosity and secularity...

.... KEYWORDS: legitimation, gender, Russia, Eastern Europe, new religious movements, New Age, International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Krishna, Vedic Wisdom 6 Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Volume 24, Issue 3, pages 6 35. ISSN 1092-6690 (print), 1541-8480...

... structure. The movement is further contextualized within the Theosophical tradition following Alice A. Bailey (1880–1849), ideas from the New Age, and Australian culture. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 New Religious Movements Australia Universal Medicine New Age Serge...

...Olav Hammer; Karen Swartz The Bosnian town of Visoko has in recent years become a New Age pilgrimage site. Several formations in the landscape have been branded as ancient pyramids and tunnels. These purported monuments from bygone times are administrated by a private foundation led by the Bosnian...

... and worldwide. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 Western esotericism Theosophy New Age Valley of the Dawn new religious movements Brazil Spiritism Western Esotericism in Brazil The Influence of Esoteric Thought on the Valley of the Dawn Kelly E. Hayes ABSTRACT...

... secularization New Age new spirituality Neopaganism new religious movements neoliberalism Estonia state and religion Survival Strategies of New Religions in a Secular Consumer Society A Case Study from Estonia Ringo Ringvee ABSTRACT: In this article, I argue that in contemporary neoliberal consumer...

... paradigm new religions studies new religious movements Joel Best Stuart A. Wright Susan J. Palmer Storming Zion Benjamin E. Zeller Heaven’s Gate Douglas E. Cowan David G. Bromley Cults and New Religions Lorne L. Dawson Comprehending Cults Hugh Urban New Age Neopagan New...

...Kevin A. Whitesides Due to shared conceptions of the degeneracy of the modern era and a common distrust of mainstream narratives, New Age and conspiratorial milieus have often cross-fertilized. Conspiracy narratives can provide accounts of the types of corruption to be remedied by the advent...

..., and political change in Brazil. © 2013 by The Regents of the University of California 2013 Brazil religious imaginary globalization Valley of the Dawn time-space compression New Age Third Millennium Intergalactic Space-Time Travelers Envisioning Globalization in Brazil s Valley of the Dawn...