This book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenar…
"This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalizati…
"This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalizati…
"This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalizati…
1. Introduction -- 2. The New Age of Greek Religiosity: Orthodox Christianity and Beyond -- 3. Matiasma : the Energetic Interplay of Senses and Emotions -- 4. Ksematiasma : Healing, Power, Performance -- 5. Creative Syntheses through Material Culture: the Evil Eye in the Spiritu…
"This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalizati…
"This anthropological work thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality in Greece. It challenges the single-faith approach that traditionally ties southern European countries to Christianity and focuses on how processes of globalizati…
The most current New Age is not new at all, as Eugene Taylor shows. It could be seen as the third Great Awakening of America to the varieties of religious experience. Often referred to as pop religion - especially by its detractors - this awakening is a profoundly psychological …
Esoterische Angebote bieten Lebenshilfe: Sie dienen den Einzelnen dazu, in der flexiblen, hybriden Moderne zurechtzukommen. Sie fördern das Gefühl der Authentizität, liefern Erklärungen und Entlastung für Erfahrungen des Scheiterns und verschaffen scheinbare Erleichterung angesi…
La vida, la mente y la sociedad : La naturaleza de la vida - La mente y la consciencia - La realidad social - Los retos del siglo XXI : vida y liderazgo en las organizaciones - Las redes del capitalismo global - La biotecnología en la encrucijada.
Analyzes the extent of the developed world's commitment to consumption economics, and how radical but necessary changes in the world can come about. Rudolf Bahro maps the route by which a new civilization may be built, from the bottom up, by the users of it - people.