#Neopaganism is an inspiration for openness about innovation and invention. But before 70s it pretended to be ancient; some brands still do.
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Recent historical research into the origins of
#Neopaganism, around WWII, cast considerable light on what it now is: http://amzn.to/1MafREx1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Neopaganism & modern Buddhism invented about same time, to solve similar problems, drawing on similar resources—mainly 19th C Romanticism
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Hutton’s research showed how much more directly
#Neopaganism was rooted in Romanticism than had been realized. http://amzn.to/1MafREx2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
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No historian has yet asked to what extent the Asian Theravada reformers were influenced by European Romanticism, afaik.
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@Meaningness Does Obeyesekere not mention it at all?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava difficult to know how widely-read and cosmopolitan they were. Eric Braun’s recent Mahasi bio probably better—haven’t read yet1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava Related question of interest is extent of Maha&Vajra influence on 20thC Theravada, and how much of that indigenous vs imported.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Jayarava Founding myth of modern Thera, due to Mongkut, is that it’s all based in Pali scripture, so its actual origins have to be denied
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