Recombinant Revelations: 2012 in Millenarian and New Age Cyber-Apocalypticism
Traditiones January 5, 2022 László Attila Hubbes
Apocalyptic spirituality today is shaped by a globalized resurgence of religiousness and New Age spirituality, where millennial calendar anxieties, conspiracy thinking, and crisis consciousness are amplified by a constant flow of imagery from both old and new electronic media. The article examines two distinct types of religious or spiritual digital environments through their characteristic visual imagery: the more traditional setting of Christian millennialism and the hyper-eclectic atmosphere of New Age networks.