Fredrik Gregorius

Datos Biográficos

ID1008269
NOMBREFredrik Gregorius
NOMBRESFredrik
APELLIDOGregorius
FIRMAGREGORIUS F
AFILIACIONESLinköping University
ORCID0000-0002-9136-4277
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Heathen Gods Beyond Nationalism and Race

    Fredrik GregoriusARTICLEJournal for the Study of Religion…2025

    Herein I address the development of Heathenism in Scandinavia, with an emphasis on Sweden as a case study. I argue that Heathenism in Scandinavia, due to the central role that Old Norse religion and the Viking Age have for the construction of Scandinavian identities, needs to be analyzed in a different manner than Heathenisms outside of Scandinavia, especially regarding ethnicity. A special focus is on the role that the Scandinavian landscape and…

  • Atlantis of the North

    Fredrik GregoriusARTICLEPomegranate The International…2022

    The article presents the cultural reception of Old Uppsala with a focus in how it is used by contemporary Heathens. Modern Swedish Heathens see the place as spiritually significant, and there have been public blots at the site yearly since 2000. Such rituals are only ambivalently tolerated by the museum and Swedish National Heritage Board. In recent years other groups have started to use the site as well and it has also been used by a variety of …

  • Runyoga

    Open AccessFredrik GregoriusARTICLEAURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske…2021

    Rune yoga is a spiritual practice based on the idea that the Runic alphabet can be used for spiritual and magical purposes. Based on an interpretation of the Runes where every letter in the alphabet is considered to contain within it a source of mystical powers Rune Yoga uses techniques inspired by Indian yoga to channel these forces. While contemporary Rune Yoga has become a part of Heathen and Alternative Spirituality that attracts people from …

  • Among the Scientologists

    Fredrik GregoriusARTICLEInternational Journal for the…2020

    Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis, by Donald A. Westbrook. Oxford University Press, 2019. 332pp. Hb $45.00/£29.99. ISBN-13: 9780190664978

  • Satanic Temple

    Manon Hedenborg White, Fredrik GregoriusARTICLEInternational Journal for the…2020

    This article explores the development and ideology of The Satanic Temple,against the background of current American politics. The Satanic Temple isa recent addition to the Satanic milieu, and is positioned here as a form of"rationalist" Satanism that draws on the figure of Satan as a symbol of rebellion.The discussion follows the emergence of The Satanic Temple and itsintroduction to the mainstream media around 2012, the influences of esoteric,fe…

  • Liselotte Frisk and Peter Åkerbäck, '?New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden

    Fredrik GregoriusARTICLEJournal for the Study of Religion…2019

    Liselotte Frisk and Peter Åkerbäck,? New Religiosity in Contemporary Sweden?:? The Dalarna Study in National and International Context? (London: Equinox, 2015), 256 pp., $80.00 (hbk), ISBN: 978-1781791172

  • Stephanie von Schnurbein, Norse Revival

    Open AccessFredrik GregoriusARTICLECritical Research on Religion2018

    Book review of Stephanie von Schnurbein, Norse Revival: Transformation of Germanic Neopaganism

  • The Scythe and the Pentagram

    Open AccessManon Hedenborg-White, Manon Hedenborg White et al.ARTICLEReligions2016Citada por: 1Referencias: 14

    Santa Muerte is establishing a presence among practitioners of contemporary occultism in Europe and North America. The occult milieu is highly different from the Mexican cult of Santa Muerte, having a strong heritage of secrecy and tradition as social capital and being mostly middle-class in orientation. Nonetheless, this Catholic folk saint with a mostly pragmatic, popular, and grassroots cult is becoming increasingly popular among occultists. B…