Espiritualidad líquida : Misticismo pop en la era del yo

Why, in a hyper-connected and technologically advanced age, are ancestral rituals, healing magnets, mediums, horoscopes, and even the belief in extraterrestrial life resurfacing with such force? What has led us to trust magic more than empirical evidence? Journalist Marta Sader asks herself these questions when, through a new group of friends, she delves into the mysterious world of New Age 2.0 practices, increasingly present in public discourse. She does so with skepticism and a clear scientific vocation, driven by the ultimate intention of understanding how people with whom she shares so much can see reality in such a seemingly anachronistic way. Employing an intimate, incisive, and rigorous narrative style, Sader delves into the emotional, social, and economic motivations that have transformed new forms of spirituality into a mainstream phenomenon of turbo-capitalism: the precariousness of life, the obsession with personal development, the promise of immediate solutions to malaise, and the search for meaning, solace, and belonging in an uncertain world. Liquid Spirituality is a lucid and provocative essay on pop esotericism and the new manifestations of faith in the 21st century, an essential tool for understanding why, in the age of the self, spirituality is once again taking center stage in our lives.