Open Access"Secondary" myth in the context of doctrinal foundations of non-traditional religions and occult-mystical groups: the evolution of relationships in postmodern culture
Author(s) -
A.T. Schedrin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2006.38.1719
Subject(s) - mysticism , occult , civilization , postmodernism , context (archaeology) , mythology , naturalism , sociology , social science , epistemology , religious studies , history , philosophy , political science , law , theology , archaeology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Philosophical and anthropological explorations of the state of modern culture testify to its crisis nature, connected with the acceleration of the processes of radical change of civilizational type of development. The need for a radical reform of the foundations of the future existence of society becomes evident. Lack of understanding of the real means of such reformation leads to the total disregard for the possibilities of the mind. One of its manifestations is the rapid growth of new and unconventional religions and occult-mystical currents; significant revival of the "secondary" myth-making (in particular, naturalistic, socio-technical); the spread of quasi-religious beliefs and infidelities; overall growth of mystical moods. The study of this aspect of the crisis of modern civilization is an urgent philosophical, religious, cultural and cultural problem.