DEFINITION: “CONSPIRITUALISM”
(yes, it’s a thing)
Conspiritualism
(kohn-SPEAR-iht-yool-izum.)
“The use of conspiracy theories to produce the psychological defense against ignorance, inability, and resulting lack of agency that was previously satisfied by supernatural religions; A form of anthropomorphism, where the psychological defense consists of the possibility of organizing emotions and arguments against one’s non-existent oppressors, and providing both mindfulness and a means of catharsis (relief) from persistent anxiety over one’s current condition.”
SEE CONSPIRITUALITY (FEMINISM)
https://www.tandfonline.com/…/…/10.1080/13537903.2011.539846
Abstract
The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics) may seem antithetical.
There is a synthesis of the two, however, that we call ‘conspirituality’.
We define, describe, and analyse this hybrid system of belief; it has been noticed before without receiving much scholarly attention.
Conspirituality is a rapidly growing web movement expressing an ideology fuelled by political disillusionment and the popularity of alternative worldviews.
It has international celebrities, bestsellers, radio and TV stations.
It offers a broad politico-spiritual philosophy based on two core convictions, the first traditional to conspiracy theory, the second rooted in the New Age:
1) a secret group covertly controls, or is trying to control, the political and social order, and
2) humanity is undergoing a ‘paradigm shift’ in consciousness.
Proponents believe that the best strategy for dealing with the threat of a totalitarian ‘new world order’ is to act in accordance with an awakened ‘new paradigm’ worldview.