Čiurlionis was a friend and pupil of Polish symbolist painter Kazimierz Stabrowski, a prominent Theosophist, and also read the works of Flammarion, another Theosophist.
Massimo Introvigne
Čiurlionis, Esotericism, and Theosophy 1. Insights from an International Conference
Was Čiurlionis, the great Lithuanian painter, influenced by the ideas of the Theosophical Society? The jury is still out.
The Tai Ji Men Case at the CESNUR 2022 Conference
Scholars and dizi presented papers on different angles of the 25-year-old case at Quebec City’s Université Laval
Amarnath Yatra: World-Famous Shiva Lingam Pilgrimage Under Threat of Terrorists
In 2020 and 2021, it was stopped by COVID. Now, pilgrims to this Shiva shrine in Kashmir are afraid of anti-Indian terrorism.
Russian Leading Anti-Cultist Calls Ukrainians “Nazis,” “Satanists,” and “Cannibals”
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin is vice-president of Russia’s largest anti-cult organization, and still styles himself as a “corresponding member” of FECRIS.
I Testimoni di Geova e l’ostracismo. 6. Perché lo shunning dovrebbe essere rispettato
Lo shunning fa parte delle dottrine e pratiche di natura tipicamente religiosa in cui le autorità secolari non dovrebbero interferire.
Surrealismo ed esoterismo. 3. Un mondo di simboli
Gurdjieff, la magia popolare, i Tarocchi e la Seconda Guerra Mondiale si intrecciano in un universo artistico e culturale dove l’esoterismo ha un ruolo decisivo.
Surrealism and Esotericism. 3. A World of Symbols
Gurdjieff, folk magic, the Tarot and World War II were intertwined in the late Surrealist artistic and cultural universe. Esotericism maintained a decisive role.
Surrealism and Esotericism. 2. Surrealism and Alchemy
Alchemy acquired an increasingly important role in the works of the Surrealists. It was more than a symbol.
I Testimoni di Geova e l’ostracismo. 5. Lo shunning è “illegale”?
Tribunali di tutto il mondo hanno stabilito che l’insegnamento e la pratica dello shunning costituiscono azioni tutelate dalla libertà religiosa. Hanno ragione.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of Pennsylvania Press’ Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.