Alternative Expressions of the Numinous

The Esoteric Studies Research and Teaching Group
in conjunction with the
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the
University of Queensland

presents the

3rd annual
Alternative Expressions of the Numinous Conference

Friday 15 – Sunday 17 August 2008, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

Keynote Speakers

• Doug Ezzy – ‘Religion as the Etiquette of Relationships’
• Nevill Drury – ‘Black Magic, White Magic and the Cosmology of Rosaleen Norton’

Abstracts (250 words, by Monday 30 June 2008) are invited for, but not limited to, the following strands:

• Esotericism
• Mysticism
• Alternative expressions of major religions
• Religions of re-enchantment
• Popular culture religions
• Indigenous religions
• Paganism and Neo-Paganism
• New Religious Movements
• Personalised religion
• Alternative methodologies

Papers are also invited for a session to run in Second Life, to be run in parallel with the real life sessions.

Conference Website: http://www.uq.edu.au/hprc/index.html?page=64294&pid=0