Psychics, crystals, candles and cauldrons: alternative spiritualities and the question of their esoteric economies

Bartolini, Nadia; Chris, Robert; MacKian, Sara; Pile, Steve

doi:10.1080/14649365.2013.772224

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“…In part influenced by Derrida's () deconstruction of metaphors of haunting in Marx, human geography's interest in such themes has grown over the past 20 years along with the conviction that such phenomena must be understood as a disruptive but constituent and on‐going aspect of the modern landscape (see also Bartolini et al . ; Byron and Punter ; Laws ; Pile ; Wylie ). In 2008, Matless contrasted the ‘academic fascination for the spectral’ (2008, 349) with the lack of attention given to the ‘magical or spiritual or demonic’ (2008, 337; see also Rolfe ).…”

Section: Geographies Of Modern Magic and Walkingmentioning

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The enchanted path: magic and modernism in psychogeographical walking

Bonnett

2017

Trans Inst British Geog

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Geographers have a developing interest in the place of enchantment and the 'extra-ordinary' in the modern city. The paper shows that magic has a significant role in the work of many psychogeographical writers, artists and activists, and argues that this phenomenon needs to be understood in the context of the wider use of magic as a site and symbol of creativity and subversion in modernist cultural expression. Drawing on a survey of British psychogeographical forms and a more detailed study of three London literary examples, it examines how psychogeographical walkers have expanded and developed 'magical modernism'. Across the varied terrain of psychogeographical walking, magic is used to conjure an openness and vulnerability to voices 'hidden' in the landscape. As well as providing more in-depth discussion of these themes, the three examples of London psychogeography that I explore complicate them by illustrating further specific and diverse uses of magic -namely, magic as environmentalist critique, magic as humour/humour as magic and magic as activism.

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Section: Geographies Of Modern Magic and Walkingmentioning

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The enchanted path: magic and modernism in psychogeographical walking

Bonnett

2017

Trans Inst British Geog

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“…As Wilford suggests, there has been a great deal of debate over the numbers of people who "sign up" to being religious, or vote with their feet (through church attendance and the like). Indeed, the numbers game can tend to dominate debates (see Bartolini et al, 2013). However, Wilford correctly points out that it is "secularization as differentiation" that has become the backdrop for discussions of religion in Human Geography.…”

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“…Nor do sharp distinctions between the spirituality and the economic hold (Bartolini et al, 2013). Elizabeth Villani argues that taping into one's spiritual side can be effective in the workplace (Sept/Oct 2012).…”

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“…At this moment, though its fuzziness and fluidity is taking on new forms -and new geographies -which are barely perceptible because they remain "under the radar" of geographies of both religion and secularity. Yet, they are unquestionably there (see Bartolini et al, 2013).…”

Section: Conclusion: the Geographies Of Spirituality -Beyond The Locamentioning

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“…Significantly, although not concerned with sacredness, Finlayson's sensitivity to affect and emotions in religious and spiritual practices highlights people's spiritual experiences. Meanwhile, there is even less work on the occult phenomena and occulture (though see Bartolini et al, 2013;Dixon, 2007;Holloway, 2006Holloway, , 2010MacKian, 2012;andPile, 2005, 2006). Nonetheless, it is these margins -in the 'alternative' spiritualities of modern Western culture -that we believe proffers the best perspective from which to launch a different understanding of the place of spirituality in modern social life.…”

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In this paper, we seek to map out the key coordinates in debates in Human Geography about the secularization and postsecularization of western modern societies. In particular, we spell out the specific geographies through which geographies of religion have been imagined. These commonly involve such spatial metaphors as islands, networks, spheres, and the like. Less attention has been given to spirituality in non-religious contexts. We conclude that adding non-religious spiritualities to the mix of geographies of religion requires rethinking more than the boundary between secularity and religion, but rethinking what we understand by secularity and religion themselves.

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Psychics, crystals, candles and cauldrons: alternative spiritualities and the question of their esoteric economies

Cited by 53 publications

References 20 publications

The enchanted path: magic and modernism in psychogeographical walking

The enchanted path: magic and modernism in psychogeographical walking

The place of spirit

Contemporary Application of an Ancient Technique

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