Events

• 3 Oct. - 4 Oct. 2026

  Spirits, Elementals, Ghosts, Vampires, Fairies, and Other Occult Beings in Modern Theosophy and Related Esoteric Currents

  International Theosophical History Conference.

• 24 Apr. 2026, 11:15

  Magic und Theatricality in the Story of Doctor Faustus

  Gust lecture by Professor Andreas Kilcher (ETH Zurich).

• 16 Apr. - 17 Apr. 2026

  Esotericism, literature and counterculture

  Conference and network for the Study of Esotericism and Literature.

• 24 Mar. 2026, 16:00-18:00

  Occult Inspiration: A Pop-up Event on Esotericism in Artistic & Cultural Practices

  Presentation by Conner Habib.

• 19 Nov. 2025, 17:00

  Max Weber and Rudolf Steiner in Munich

  Talk with Aaron French, Postdoc researcher in the project ‘Twisting the Fabric of Space: On the Art and Politics of the Hidden’, ToRS.

• 11 Oct. - 12 Oct. 2025

  Altered States of Consciousness in Theosophy and Related Esoteric Currents

  Conference.

• 14 May 2025, 16:00

  Helmer Fogedgaard, teosof og seksualpolitisk aktivist

  I dette foredrag vil Peter Edelberg fortælle om Helmer Fogedgaard og lægge vægt på, hvordan hans teosofiske anskuelser hjalp ham i hans seksualpolitiske arbejde, samt præsentere hans arkiv.

• 8 May 2025, 14:15-16:00

  Satanism and magic

  Lecture by Per Faxneld, Professor in the Study of Religions at Södertörn University, Sweden.

• 27 Mar. 2025, 14:15-17:00

  From Occultism to Occulture – or when 93 became 23

  Guest lecture by Kasper Opstrup, Assistant professor, University of Copenhagen.

• 11 Mar. 2025, 14:15-15:30

  ”Magic is a muscle!” Teaching, learning and ritualization in Swedish Wicca

  Guest lecture by Olivia Cejvan, PhD, Post Doc at the University of Malmö Sweden.

• 26 Feb. 2025, 16:00

  When Occultism Went North: The Esoteric Environment in Sweden, 1880–1930

  Lecture by Johan Nilsson, a postdoctoral researcher in the history of religion at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University.

• 17 Dec. 2024, 16:00-17:30

  To Make It Happen: The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs

  Guest lecture by Kasper Opstrup, assistant professor in modern cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen.

• 16 Nov. - 18 Nov. 2024

  Nature, Theosophy and related esoteric currents

  This two-day conference invites reflection and research on understanding the particular views and practices cultivated by the Theosophical and other esoteric currents in relation to nature.

• 23 Oct. - 25 Oct. 2024

  A Tide of Ghosts: Esotericism and Art beyond Fact and Fiction

  A two-day multidisciplinary conference exploring how the use of fictionings, in various entanglements of art, politics, and esotericism, bleeds into the real and how the two relate, if they ever are truly separate.

• 22 May - 23 May 2023

  Buddhist, Spiritual, Esoteric and Ecological Movements in the 21st Century: A Dynamic Legacy

  A two-day workshop that will explore the ways that Buddhist modernism continue to transform spiritual and ecological movements within and beyond the 21st century.