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>And I will be presenting: "Under the Sign of Baphomet: Hellraiser and
>Popular Esotericism"
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>The study of esotericism in the contemporary academy has been mainly
>confined to religious studies departments. There has been little attention
>paid to esotericism as a cultural phenomena outside of such departments,
>and therefore a wider range of considerations, and a wider range of
>possible tools of investigation, have been largely absent from studies in
>esotericism.
>
>This paper proposes that investigative tools found in such disciplines as
>cultural studies, art theory and media theory may well be important to the
>study of esotericism in Western culture.
>
>Accordingly this paper opens with the proposition that the so-called
>©øoccult revival©÷ of the late 19th century engendered an enduring stream of
>popular esotericism of diverse forms which was manifested in diverse
>media: producing, in effect, a transmedial phenomena. We observe here a
>©øleakage©÷ of high esotericism into popular forms.
>
>After a brief introduction and articulation of this thesis, the paper
>directs itsattention to a particular example of popular esotericism: Clive
>Barker©ös film, Hellraiser.
>
>This film will be analyzed in terms of its esoteric symbolism, its
>narrative strategies that conform to European esoteric patterns of
>initiation and itsoverall significance in terms of the study of popular
>esotericism.
>
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>
>Who else here will be attending/ presenting?
>
>Cheers,
>Leon
>
>Assoc. Prof. Leon Marvell
>School of Communications & Creative Arts
>Deakin University
>221 Burwood Highway
>VIC, 3125
>Australia
>Ph: 61 3 92517736
>Fax: 61 3 92517851
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>Science explains the world, but only Art
>can reconcile us to it.
> Stanislaw Lem
>
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