Giorgia Gaia is an independent researcher with MA degrees in Cultural and Social Anthropology and in Theology and Religious Studies (Spirituality and Esotericism in Western Culture) at the University of Amsterdam. Since her early twenties she has been involved in the underground scene of rave culture, as DJ and cultural producer. Her academic research has focused on subcultures/countercultures, esoteric communities, magic and psychonautic. She spent several years doing participative observation in various cultural and spiritual scenes - such esoteric intentional communities or the worldwide rave scene. Being herself continuously involved in the creation of alter(n)ate realities & practical magickal experimentations, in 2018 she founded Occulture Conference, a Berlin based festival, which explores the esoteric mysteries.

Rave & Revolution: Politics, Psychedelia, and Technology

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