Open AccessEsoteric Everydayness: the Problem of the Occult, Para-psychological, Esoteric, Magical Discourse in Lithuania
Author(s) -
Aušrelė Kristina Pažėraitė
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
religija ir kultūra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1822-4571
pISSN - 1822-4539
DOI - 10.15388/relig.2011.0.2750
Subject(s) - psychic , magic (telescope) , occult , paranormal , magical thinking , categorization , context (archaeology) , epistemology , aesthetics , sociology , literature , philosophy , history , art , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology , quantum mechanics
In this article, the author examines public discourse in Lithuania (of the beginning of twentyfirst century) concerning esoteric, occult, magic, paranormal, psychic phenomena and practices, in the context of formulation some regulatory legislations on their functioning in media. In this examination several categories of opposing these practices and phenomena attitudes have been identified. And finally, have been provided categorization of this type of movements and phenomena in Lithuania in accordance to definitions of esotericism, occultism, and magic, proposed by contemporary researchers in this field of scientific researches.