El New Age se vuele Online: Reubicando la espiritualidad en espacios virtuales. El estudio de la comunidad Damanhur

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Alessandra Vitullo

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¿Es Internet de verdad un nuevo “templo electrónico” donde tanto las religiones tradicionales como las nuevas pueden encontrar y reunir a sus comunidades? Las reglas generalmente crípticas de las TIC y su capacidad de “fragmentar” y relativizar el tiempo y el espacio, podría plantear reflexiones más profundas sobre la condición humana así como sobre la posibilidad de que las personas alcances nuevos niveles de trascendencia. Varios académicos han observado como la “misteriosa” naturaleza y funcionalmente de Internet puede abrir la posibilidad de un nuevo “reencantamiento del mundo” a través del aliento de nuevas experiencias espirituales. La influencia de Internet en la espiritualidad puede ser analizada empíricamente en detalle sobre las actividades virtuales de la comunidad de Damanhur, un pequeño pueblo esotérico en el norte de Italia. El análisis del uso del sitio web de Damanhur puede demostrar que Internet no solo es una herramienta de comunicación, sino que puede encarnar la filosofía espiritual de la comunidad, convirtiéndose en una parte empírica de sus valores. 

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Vitullo, A. (2016). El New Age se vuele Online: Reubicando la espiritualidad en espacios virtuales. El estudio de la comunidad Damanhur. methaodos.Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.17502/m.rcs.v4i2.125
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