Pop Spirituality
Svetovi revija za etnologijo antropologijo in folkloristiko July 29, 2024 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.4312/svetovi.2.2.30-45 via OpenAlex 1 citation
Summary
Magical practices have become more accessible and individualistic in recent decades, with practitioners increasingly incorporating elements from popular culture into their rituals. The immersive visual aspects of popular culture, reaching wide audiences, have influenced new schools like Chaos Magick, which provides a fertile ground for such innovations. This paper examines the mutual interaction between occult knowledge represented visually in popular culture and the actual magical practice of modern mages.
Study at a glance
| Design | theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Popular culture and modern magical practices mutually influence each other, particularly through visual representations and individual custom-designed rituals. |
Abstract
Magical practices have undergone significant changes in the past decades, shifting towards accessibility and individuality. With the rise in popularity of individual, custom-designed magical rituals, popular culture has proven to be one of the important aspects associated with the new practice. Influential, reaching a wide audience, with a strong focus on immersive visual aspects, it is of no surprise that practitioners have started to include popcultural elements into their rituals. New schools of magic, such as the influential Chaos Magick, have proven to be a fertile ground for these innovative practices. This paper will focus on the mutual interaction between occult knowledge represented through visual means in popular culture and the magical practice of modern mages.