2021
Pasanen, Tero
Christus verus Luciferus, Demon est Deus Inversus: Pekka Siitoin's Spiritism Board Journal Article
In: Temenos, vol. 57, iss. 2, pp. 181-207, 2021, ISBN: 2342-7256.
Abstract | Links | Tags: Board games, Esotericism, Occultism, Vernacular culture
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title = {Christus verus Luciferus, Demon est Deus Inversus: Pekka Siitoin's Spiritism Board},
author = {Tero Pasanen},
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This article focuses on a Spiritism board, Yhteyslauta, designed in the mid-1970s by occultist neo-Nazi Pekka Siitoin. The board represents an unexplored occult subchapter of Finnish gaming culture and exhibits the Finnish esoteric tradition. In addition to analysing Yhteyslauta’s game-like elements, the article explores the board’s themes and imagery, and situates these components in the context of Siitoin’s vernacular esoteric doctrine and cosmogony.
