Pillar Tags, Cultural Core
A deep dive into the internal and external mechanisms that prioritize consistency over accuracy, exploring how confirmation bias and digital echo chambers construct our perception of reality.
This book examines the history of modern Satanism, its relationship with media representation, and the cultural anxieties it reflects.
It offers a scholarly analysis of how the figure of Satan has been constructed and perceived in contemporary society.
Ellis provides an accessible overview of the complex dynamics between new religious movements and public perception.
Freud controversially applies psychoanalysis to the origins of monotheism, suggesting Moses was an Egyptian priest and the Israelite religion stemmed from repressed memories of Aten worship.
This work explores the psychological underpinnings of religious belief and its relation to cultural history.
Margot Adler’s *Drawing Down the Moon* offers a comprehensive and respectful examination of the Neopagan movement in America during the late 20th century. It is a foundational text for understanding the diversity and cultural context of modern Paganism.
Bill Ellis explores the psychological and cultural functions behind beliefs in phenomena like aliens, ghosts, and cults, identifying common underlying patterns in these seemingly disparate beliefs.
This work contextualizes these beliefs as responses to fundamental human needs for meaning, control, and community.
Throughout human history, belief systems have served as the foundational architecture for social organization. This article analyzes how these complex symbolic frameworks provide groups with a shared sense of reality, purpose, and order, influencing everything from ancient civilizations to modern social movements.
Human history is characterized by a persistent drive to impose order upon the perceived chaos of existence. This article analyzes the mechanisms by which symbolic actions, from ancient ritualistic practices, coalesced into structured intellectual frameworks like theology, philosophy, and legal codes, marking a significant transformation in human consciousness.
Humans universally develop structured belief systems to navigate the complexities of the world. This article explores the psychological, social, and cultural drivers that compel societies to codify their understanding of existence into organized frameworks, from ancient cosmologies to modern ideologies.
Historical interpretation is an active intellectual technology by which societies assign meaning to texts, symbols, and events from the past. This article examines the evolution of these practices across various civilizations, identifying structural commonalities in how humanity has managed the tension between tradition and contemporary relevance.
Societies across history have developed structured divination methods to manage uncertainty, facilitate decision-making, and provide meaning. This article explores the socio-cultural and psychological drivers behind these systems, defining them as essential tools in the human cognitive toolkit.
