conspirituality

conspirituality

English

Etymology

Blend of conspiracy (theory) +‎ spirituality. Compare conspiritualism.

Noun

conspirituality (uncountable)

1. A political and spiritual ideology that blends alternative or New Age beliefs with conspiracy theory.
   • 2011, Ward, Charlotte, and David Voas, “The Emergence of Conspirituality”, in Journal of Contemporary Religion, DOI:10.1080/13537903.2011.539846, page 103:

     A hybrid of conspiracy theory and alternative spirituality has appeared on the internet. The existence of such a synthesis has previously been noted in passing (Barkun; Goodrick-Clarke), but no detailed account has yet been given of what, for the sake of convenience, we call ‘conspirituality’.

   • 2015, Dyrendal, Asbjørn, “Norwegian ‘Conspirituality’: A Brief Sketch”, in Handbook of Nordic New Religions, volume 11, DOI:10.1163/9789004292468_018, page 269:

     “Conspirituality” prompts us to focus on the cross-sections of conspiracy culture and alternative spirituality, and to the internal tensions there

   • 2021, Parmigiani, Giovanna, “Magic and Politics: Conspirituality and COVID-19”, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, DOI:10.1093/jaarel/lfab053, page 12:

     Conspirituality, in fact, helps describe some of the dynamics and one of the “contexts” in which Italian Pagan conspiracy-believing is embedded—one that, at a more general level, is characterized by what Christopher Partridge (e.g., 2004; 2005; 2014) defined as occulture.