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The Digital Age Meets the Occult: Why Mysticism is Trending Again

It's 2024 and we're all back to consulting the stars, flipping tarot cards and charging crystals like they're iPhones.

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Sebastian
Sep 25, 2024
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Amid the rise of tarot and astrology, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou's Speculative Communities shows how our return to mysticism is deeply rooted in navigating the unpredictability of modern life—where even algorithms can't answer our biggest questions.

Somehow, we've blended astrology memes with Tik Tok algorithms and created a whole new mystical aesthetic.…

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