Accepted Papers

Kwantes, Gemma. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Bnei Baruch vs. “Mainstream”Jewish ReligiosityLaufenberg, George. Princeton University, USA – The Metaphysics of Licensure: ClinicalBoundaries and Sacred Teachings in US College Mental Health CareLieberman-Avital, Lital. Ben-Gurion University, Israel – “Healing by Salt”: TraditionalFeminine Magical Practice in a New and Renewing EnvironmentLinde, Fabian. Stockholm University, Sweden – The Occult Roots of Duginism: PoliticalEsotericism in the Context of Weimar RussiaMagus, Simon. University of Exeter, UK – Austin Osman Spare and the Conquest of theImaginal: Magic, Madness, Phenomenology and the EsotericMarlow, Michael. Stockholm University, Sweden – Interviewing Contemporary Mystics: Non-Ordinary Methods for Non-Ordinary Informants.Mondal, Alauddin. Assam University, India – Esotericism in Sufism and its Impacts on theBauls of BengalOtto, Berndt-Christian. Universität Erfurt, Germany – Chaos Semantics: “Magical” Meaningsin the 20 th and 21 st CenturyPetersen, Jesper Aa. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway – BracketingBeelzebub: Satanism Studies and/as Boundary WorkPodolecka-Niewdana, Agnieszka. University of Warsaw, Poland – South African New Age as aConglomerate of Western and African PhilosophiesPopescu, Lelia. Centre for Euroasiatic and Afroasiatic Studies, Romania – [Al]Chemia and [DeiUn] Gnost: A New Energy Perspective on EsotericaRadermacher, Daniel. University of Münster, Germany – Aspects of ContemporaryEsotericism: The Environmental Movement, Eco-Spirituality and Consumer CultureRamstedt, Tommy. Åbo Akademi University, Finland – Nationalism and Interest in NationalHeritage within the Alternative Spiritual Milieu in FinlandReiser, Daniel. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel – Mesmerism and Late HassidismRobertson, Venetia Laura Delano. University of Sydney, Australia – The Self as “Other”: Non-Human Ontologies in Online CommunitiesRostad, Aslak. Independent Researcher, Norway – Contemporary Fraternalism in Norway asMoral Elitism