The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Occultural discourse has influenced the structuring of rituals to facilitate sense-making in psychedelic liminal states. Occulture is an interpretation of esotericism and occultism within a popular culture framework, which, however, has a genuine psychologically transformative agenda. To address this question, it will draw on the theories of...
This special feature collects three of the presentations that we enjoyed during our online conference Deus ex Machina: Transcending Esoteric Traditions through Modern Technology, organized on 25 and 26 February 2021 by the Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, and RASWE – Research Association for the study of Western Esotericism. Although occurring during...