November 2018 – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

Reality, illusion, magic and witchcraft: the "uncanny" in ETA Hoffmann's "Nocturnes" (II)

Published on: November 30, 2018 Last updated on: January 24 2021 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

After the analysis of "The Sandman", the treatment of the second part of our essay on ETA Hoffmann focuses on other "Nocturnes" in which the previously anticipated 'disturbing' themes are treated, and also other more specifically 'demonic-witches' themes.

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Eyes, puppets and doppelgänger: the "uncanny" in "Der Sandmann" by ETA Hoffmann (I)

Published on: November 27, 2018 Last updated on: January 24 2021 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

Two centuries after its publication, ETA Hoffmann's "Man of the Sand" is still today one of the literary works indispensable for understanding the poetics of the "uncanny", destined to influence the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Jentsch, the works of Hesse and Machen, the films of Lynch and Polanski.

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The Eternal Man and the Cosmic Cycles

Published on: November 23, 2018 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito, Science, History of Religions

The specificity of man between evolutionary hypothesis and involutionary perspective: immersed in the cycles of the Cosmos, yet perennially equal to himself.

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Shamanic aspects in the cult of Ganesha, the elephant-headed goddess

Published on: November 19, 2018 Last updated on: 14 September 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Astrotheology, Esotericism, Mito, Shamanism, History of Religions

Starting from Airāvata and the mythology of the "blending of the Ocean of Milk" and then reaching Ganesha, Giuseppe Acerbi aims to identify some esoteric correspondences between the elephant-headed divinities of ancient India, Iran, Japan and the Americas.

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Folklore, shamanism and “witchcraft” among the Inuit of the Arctic

Published on: November 15, 2018 Last updated on: November 15, 2018 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Extracts, folklore, Shamanism, History of Religions

Journey to discover the mythical tradition, folklore beliefs and animistic-shamanic practices of the native populations of the Arctic area.

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Rudyard Kipling's India between folklore, terror and wonder

Published on: November 11, 2018 Last updated on: November 10, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: folklore, Italian Literature, Characters, Guests Book

In the "Anglo-Indian Tales of Mystery and Horror", Kipling places himself in the position of Western observer and narrator of an 'other' and atavistic culture such as the Indian one, which if necessary reveals itself to his eyes as a mirror of ours.

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The apocalyptic humor of Josef K., the anti-Parsifal

Published on: November 7, 2018 Last updated on: November 7, 2018 Written by: Daniele Capuano Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Philosophy, Italian Literature

The parody does not destroy the chivalrous tale, it confirms it by overturning it: Kafka was the knight of the destructive absolute and at the same time of the irony that damn and save.

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“The Walking Dead”: an attempt at esoteric deciphering

Published on: November 4, 2018 Last updated on: November 5, 2018 Written by: Categorized into: Cinema and TV, Esotericism, Mito

Our film analysis column is back: this time we deal with the esoteric aspects of the famous TV series created by Frank Darabont and inspired by the comic by Robert Kirkman.

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