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situation that they were attempting to correct through building links with scholars operating in
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Pagan studies and the study of new religious movements.
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On the basis that "English culture and literature have been traditional strongholds of Western
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esotericism", in 2011 Pia Brînzeu and György Szönyi urged that English studies also have a role in
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this interdisciplinary field.
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Emic and etic divisions
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Emic and etic refer to two kinds of field research done and viewpoints obtained, emic, from within
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the social group (from the perspective of the subject) and etic, from outside (from the perspective
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of the observer). Wouter Hanegraaff follows a distinction between an emic and an etic approach to
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religious studies.
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The emic approach is that of the alchemist or theosopher. The etic approach is that of the scholar
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as an historian, a researcher, with a critical view. An empirical study of esotericism needs "emic
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material and etic interpretation":
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Arthur Versluis proposes approaching esotericism through an "imaginative participation":
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Many scholars of esotericism have come to be regarded as respected intellectual authorities by
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practitioners of various esoteric traditions. Many esotericism scholars have sought to emphasise
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that esotericism is not a single object, but practitioners who read this scholarship have begun to
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regard it and think of it as a singular object, with which they affiliate themselves. Thus, Asprem
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and Granholm noted that the use of the term "esotericism" among scholars "significantly contributes
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to the reification of the category for the general audience—despite the explicated contrary
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intentions of most scholars in the field."
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Popular culture
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In 2013, Asprem and Granholm highlighted that "contemporary esotericism is intimately, and
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increasingly, connected with popular culture and new media."
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Granholm noted that esoteric ideas and images appear in many aspects of Western popular media,
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citing such examples as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avatar, Hellblazer, and His Dark Materials.
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Granholm has argued that there are problems with the field in that it draws a distinction between
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esotericism and non-esoteric elements of culture that draw upon esotericism. He cites extreme metal
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as an example, noting that it is extremely difficult to differentiate between artists who were
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"properly occult" and those who superficially referenced occult themes and aesthetics.
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Writers interested in occult themes have adopted three different strategies for dealing with the
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subject: those who are knowledgeable on the subject including attractive images of the occult and
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occultists in their work, those who disguise occultism within "a web of intertextuality", and those
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who oppose it and seek to deconstruct it.
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See also
Age of Enlightenment
Alchemy
Black magic
Ceremonial magic
Chaldean Oracles
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Counterculture of the 1960s
English Qaballa
Gnosis
Involution (esoterism)
Magic (supernatural)
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Medieval European magic
Medieval Inquisition
Metaphysics of presence
Occult
Renaissance magic
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White magic
Witch trials in the early modern period
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References
Footnotes
Sources
Further reading
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Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, Leiden: Brill, since 2001.
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Aries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism, Leiden: Brill, since 2006.
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Esoterica, East Lansing, Michigan State University (MSU). An online resource since 1999. I (1999);
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VIII (2006); IX (2007)
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Hanegraaff, Wouter J., “The Study of Western Esotericism: New Approaches to Christian and Secular
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Culture”, in Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz and Randi R. Warne, New Approaches to the Study of
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Religion, vol. I: Regional, Critical, and Historical Approaches, Berlin / New York: Walter de
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Gruyter, 2004.
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Kelley, James L., Anatomyzing Divinity: Studies in Science, Esotericism and Political Theology,
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Trine Day, 2011, .
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Martin, Pierre, Esoterische Symbolik heute - in Alltag. Sprache und Einweihung. Basel: Edition
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Oriflamme, 2010, illustrated .
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Martin, Pierre, Le Symbolisme Esotérique Actuel - au Quotidien, dans le Langage et pour
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l'Auto-initiation. Basel: Edition Oriflamme, 2011, illustrated
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External links
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An Esoteric Archive
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Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam, the
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Netherlands
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The Western Esoteric Tradition Research Site
Association for the Study of Esotericism (ASE)
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European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE)
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University of Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO)
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Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism
Esoterica academic journal
What Is Esotericism?
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The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
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Esotericism
Philosophical movements
Philosophical theories
Schools of thought
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