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Underworld civilization in science fiction fiction

Published on: June 10 2020 Last updated on: November 18, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, Italian Literature, Mito, Theosophy

The topos of underground civilizations seems to be recurrent in the history of human thought, whether it is myth, folklore, esoteric knowledge, alternative reality or "simple" science fiction, to the point that sometimes it is difficult to label the various versions of the topos in a rather category. than in the other. Here we will deal with the variations of the topos in science fiction literature between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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The esoteric futurism of the Russian Cosmists

Published on: November 19, 2019 Last updated on: November 19, 2019 Written by: Andrea Scarabelli Categorized into: Esotericism, Characters, Guests Book, Science, History

Cosmism is the miracle of a synthesis that the West knew for the last time in the Renaissance and that took root in the Soviet Russia of the "space race" in the last century: an attitude rather than a real current, a crossroads of experiences and researches ranging from esoteric futurism to transcendental pragmatism, from magical realism to idealistic materialism, from humanism to transhumanism.

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Jacques Bergier and "Magic Realism": a new paradigm for the atomic age

Published on: June 28 2019 Last updated on: November 18, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Italian Literature, Mito, Characters, Guests Book, Science, Theosophy

Recently translated into Italian by the types of Il Palindromo, "In praise of the Fantastic" by the French writer and journalist Jacques Bergier, best known for having written with Louis Pauwels "The morning of the wizards", provides an analysis of the work of some "magic writers" at the time unknown to the French-speaking public (including Tolkien, Machen and Stanislav Lem), aimed at defining a new paradigm for the XNUMXst century that can combine science and science fiction with the ontological category of the "sacred".

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The Green Ray

Published on: June 24 2019 Last updated on: June 25 2019 Written by: Alexander Gabetta Categorized into: Esotericism, Italian Literature, Psychology, History of Religions

If The Green Ray enjoys a certain fame following the cinematic success of Eric Rohmer's film of the same name, less known are other appearances, both literary and esoteric, of the light that returns hope and confirmations to those who dare to go. over after losing course and landmarks.

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"Underground" civilizations in myth, occultism and "alternative reality"

Published on: May 12, 2018 Last updated on: November 18, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, folklore, Italian Literature, Mito, Theosophy

Simultaneously with the publication of our article on "Underworld Civilizations in Fantastic Literature" appeared in Cosmic Dimension, we have drawn up here a brief excursus on the same topos in the sacred traditions, in the esoteric sphere and in the "alternative reality" of the twentieth century

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