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@sarahdoingthing In the 1960s both opposed a repressive mainstream culture, borrowing from Romantic opposition to European Enlightenment. -
@Meaningness both this and the 1800s connection remind me of Spiritualism - wonder why that no longer has traction - 6 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing Tantra was a huge unacknowledged influence on Wicca, which is why I’m reading about it now, but noticing other similaritiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Both also emerged as movements in the 1960s, but their shared, unacknowledged intellectual foundations are late-1800s.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Wicca preserves many of the tantric elements that Consensus Buddhism rejects, notably sexual practices.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Also of course the central importance of ritual, and the improvisatory/experimental approach to that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Well it’s trying to sort out the contradictions among rationalism, Romanticism, and Protestantism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Currently reading “Wicca and the Christian Heritage: Ritual, sex, and magic” which seems good but not yet final opinionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing So in some ways it’s a model for what “modern tantric Buddhism” might be, though it’s not Buddhist or officially tantric.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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