We are Cultpunks. We affirm that belief systems, rituals, symbols, pilgrimages, tenets, holy days, shrines, festivals, taboos, mythologies and pantheons can and should be created as works of art. If so, then surely any sufficiently advanced magic is likewise indistinguishable from technology, and religions may usefully be considered as psychological technologies. Just like any other tech, … Read moreRead this first: “A Cultpunk Manifesto”
The evening of Nov. 11th, 2026 saw the inaugural gallery exhibition and book launch of Make Believe: The Material Culture of Imaginal Religions. The event took place at the Cobblestone Society, a new arts and community space attached to the Malliway Bros. magic and witchcraft store in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Above: the Lilithianism assemblage, … Read moreMake Believe Exhibition and Book Launch at the Cobblestone Society Gallery (Rogers Park, Chicago)
The Zoom link for Convergence – the Spiritual Naturalist Society’s free online conference, taking place on November 7-8 – is available here. This link is valid for both days of the event.
Click here for Remeina Ashel Yee’s webcomic of the modern folktale The God of Arepo, in which a farmer’s humble shrine becomes home to a humble god.
November 7–8 | Live on Zoom REGISTER NOW! The Spiritual Naturalist Society warmly invites you to Convergence, a free two-day online gathering dedicated to exploring the many ways people find meaning, wonder and ethical inspiration within a naturalistic understanding of the world. Our aim is to converge some of the most promising visions for the future … Read moreConvergence 2026 schedule published
Charlet Duboc presents this short documentary on the Unicult, founded by Unicole Unicron in 2012. Parallels might be drawn with the Unarius Society …
In the forests of Scandinavia, women once used a distinctive form of high-pitched singing to summon their livestock home. Known as kulning, these piercing melodies carried across valleys and mountain pastures. Today, as traditional herding declines, kulning is finding new practitioners and audiences; people sing into forests and across lakes simply and profoundly to experience … Read moreThe New Folkways: On the Re-enchantment of Tradition
The Cobblestone Society: 1409 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626-3481, United States Date: Wednesday November 11th Duration: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm, with an artist/curator’s presentation at 7.00 pm Join us for a pop-up gallery exhibition and book launch of Tony Wolf’s Make Believe project, a collection of assemblage artworks representing the shrines, altars and … Read moreMake Believe: The Material Culture of Imaginal Religions pop-up gallery and book launch event
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to … Read moreWhat festivals of atonement, what sacred games …