2022
Unholy Alliances : Preliminary Remarks on the Esoteric Interaction with Black Metal
MOKRÝ, MatoušZákladní údaje
Originální název
Unholy Alliances : Preliminary Remarks on the Esoteric Interaction with Black Metal
Název česky
Nesvatá spojenectví : Preliminární poznámky k esoterické interakci s black metalem
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Vydání
Metal and Religion, 7 – 8 September, 2022, Brno, Czech Republic, 2022
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Česká republika
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova česky
satanismus; západní esoterismus; black metal; okultura; populární hudba; radikálně pravicová politika
Klíčová slova anglicky
Satanism; Western esotericism; black metal; occulture; popular music; radical right wing politics
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 3. 1. 2023 10:18, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Anotace
V originále
Since the early 1990’s, black metal’s employment of dark occult, pagan, and warrior themes, individualist antinomian elitism and romanticism concentrated on dark aspects of humanity and nature, together with its violent antichristian acts and from that resulting media visibility have transformed the scene into a well-known space filled with discourses and symbols which are also present in various (mostly dark) esoteric alternative spiritualities. As a result, esoteric actors could thus use black metal for propagation of their own ideas and practices not only within the scene, but also outside it. The paper aims at demonstrating evidence for ongoing esoteric reflection of black metal by non-metal occult actors and their active involvement with the scene for the sake of their esoteric interests. Via three case studies from the realm of radical right-wing esotericism (Satanic organisation Order of the Left Hand Path/Ordo Sinistra Vivendi; esoteric Heathen Michael J. Moynihan; and Thelemite Traditionalist Sebastián Jahič), the presentation will try to provide preliminary first steps towards the discussion of the phenomenon, whereby, for certain established proponents of mostly darker forms of esoteric spiritualities, black metal represents an important mirror for their (social) reflection and an arena for dissemination of their ideas already since the first half of the 1990’s, and whereby black metallers’ movement towards more systematic and active involvement in esoteric spiritualities was (and still is) sometimes accompanied by an active interest of established esotericists in the scene.