International Conference: Religion and Change
The Fourth Annual International Conference of the European Academy of Religion took place in Münster (Germany)
(Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
( August 30th - September 2nd, 2021)
Panel number 004: Tommaso Palamidessi and the Archeosofia - Monday August 30th 4.00pm-6.15pm
Chair: Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR)
Speakers:
Pierluigi Zoccatelli (Università Pontificia Salesiana, Italy): Tommaso Palamidessi, the Archeosophical Society, and the Esoteric Paradigm
Daniele Corradetti (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal): Archeosophy and Palamidessi’s Experimental Metaphysics: The Spiritual Practice
Raffaella Di Marzio (Centro Studi sulla Libertà di Religione, Credo e Coscienza, Italy): Experiences of Affiliation to the Archeosophical Society: An Analysis According to the Rambo et al. Integrated Model
Francesco Cresti (Attorney, Rome): Archeosophy, Archeosofica School, Associazione Archeosofica: Religious Liberty and Unity of Religions
Abstract: The session is dedicated to the Italian esotericist Tommaso Palamidessi (1915-1983) and to the doctrine and school he founded, Archeosofia. The presenters retrace his history and doctrine, up to recent controversies and journalistic attacks, underlining the characteristics of "experimental metaphysics" of Archeosofia in a context of renewed interest in esotericism.
Raffaella di Marzio: Experiences of Affiliation to the Archeosophical Society: An Analysis According to the Rambo et al. Integrated Model
Abstract: This paper analyses the experiences of ten people who joined the Archeosophical Association and subsequently requested and obtained the initiation into the Lotus+Cross Order. The aim is to identify the meanings that the interviewed members attribute to their experience on the basis of their autobiographical reconstructions, which are examined in the light of the multidisciplinary model elaborated by some researchers for the study of the conversion/affiliation process, within the reference framework of psychology of religion.