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Egil Asprem

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Historian of religion at Stockholm University. Editor in chief at Aries. Esotericism, magic, history of science, Romani studies.

 Stockholm, Sweden
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Joined February 2010
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On a train to Oslo. Lecture tomorrow on "#Magic, Gypsy Stereotyping and #Roma Agency". Livestream available: mf.no/en/events/mf-casr-annu…
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What does early Romani studies have to do with occultism? How has "magic" functioned in gypsy stereotyping? New open-access article out in the journal Religion: www-tandfonline-com.ezp.sub.…
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Also of relevance to readers of @RomaniStudies
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The first article (w/S. Casinge) tells the story of Anna Maria Adamsdotter (born c. 1680) who left rich testimony on her "magic", along with the earliest Romani language sample in Scandinavia – and what might be the oldest surviving artefact produced by a named Romani individual.
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That article was published in ARV: Nordic Journal of Folklore, and can be accessed on my Academia page: "The Trickster and the Witch: On the Romani Origins of 'Captain Elin's Idol'" academia.edu/96393001/The_Tr…
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This June. sunypress.edu/p-6566-the-pro…
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Five years of Correspondences celebrated with a nice volume. @CorrJournal #HistEso #esotericism #theosophy xitter.cf/aren_b_r/status/953959…
Aren Roukema (@aren_b_r) profile pictureAren Roukema@aren_b_r18 Jan 2018
Can't believe it's been five years already--Volume 5 of Correspondences: heavy on Theosophy and incendiary book reviews. Featuring articles from @WJHanegraaff, Julie Chajes, James F. Lawrence. Thanks to @easprem @JimmyElwing @thisisallan @CorrJournal correspondencesjournal.com/v…
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Scholarship influences practice. Lionel Snell/Ramsey Dukes on my article on predictive coding in magical practice youtube.com/watch?v=mxN35AsG…
Magic and predictive coding

Magic and predictive coding

https://www.academia.edu/31402345/Explaining_the_Esoteric_Imaginati...

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Really nice, realistic and comparative take on intentional communities by @alexaclay aeon.co/essays/like-start-up… @aeonmag
Like start-ups, most intentional communities fail – why? | Aeon Essays

Like start-ups, most intentional communities fail – why? | Aeon Essays

Most utopian communities are, like most start-ups, short-lived. What makes the difference between failure and success?

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Problem of Disenchantment in paperback heterodoxology.com/2017/02/2…
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2/2 .. and this one, with a cognitive science angle on mental imagery, recently published in Aries academia.edu/31402345/Explai… #HistEso #cogsci
Explaining the Esoteric Imagination: Towards a Theory of Kataphatic Practice

Explaining the Esoteric Imagination: Towards a Theory of Kataphatic Practice

The imagination is central to esoteric practices, but so far scholars have shown little interest in exploring cognitive theories of how the imagination works. The only exception is Tanya Luhrmann's...

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1/2 Two twin papers on esotericism and kataphatic practice now published. This historical piece in Correspondences.. academia.edu/28941801/Esoter…
Esotericism and the Scholastic Imagination: The Origins of Esoteric Practice in Christian Katapha...

Esotericism and the Scholastic Imagination: The Origins of Esoteric Practice in Christian Katapha...

Scholars agree that the imagination is central to esoteric practice. While the esoteric vis imaginativa is usually attributed to the influx of Neoplatonism in the Italian Renaissance, this article...

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Black Sabbath may be gone, but there's a new Vol. 4 in town... xitter.cf/CorrJournal/status/831…
Correspondences (@CorrJournal) profile pictureCorrespondences@CorrJournal14 Feb 2017
Volume 4 launches today with articles by @easprem, @JulianStrube, and Boaz Huss. correspondencesjournal.com/v… #westernesotericism
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Read the 'Editors' Introduction' to our recent issue on esotericism and the cognitive science of religion academia.edu/31402468/Editor…
Editors' Introduction: What Cognitive Science Offers the Study of Esotericism

Editors' Introduction: What Cognitive Science Offers the Study of Esotericism

In tandem with the professionalization of research on esotericism over the past two decades, another sub-discipline has risen to prominence within the study of religion: the cognitive science of...

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Postprint now available: 'Explaining the Esoteric Imagination: Towards a Theory of Kataphatic Practice' academia.edu/31402345/Explai… #HistEso
Explaining the Esoteric Imagination: Towards a Theory of Kataphatic Practice

Explaining the Esoteric Imagination: Towards a Theory of Kataphatic Practice

The imagination is central to esoteric practices, but so far scholars have shown little interest in exploring cognitive theories of how the imagination works. The only exception is Tanya Luhrmann's...

academia.edu
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Esotericism and Cognitive Science: Aries special issue published (vol. 17:1) heterodoxology.com/2017/02/1…
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The AAR calls on the President and Congress to retract the Muslim immigration and travel ban. aarweb.org/about/board-state…
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That's three panels plus a forth co-sponsored with Pagan studies. #paganism and #esotericism finally connected in one session #HistEso
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Three esotericism panels at AAR in Boston this November. CfP out now papers.aarweb.org/content/we… #HistEso
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