Trance and Virtual Reality: Homo Religiosus in the Era of New Technologies

The postmodern humanity accesses the sacred through virtual spaces. The new technologies open a multitude of virtual worlds where the individual can, again, be immersed totally in myths and in magic religious symbols. The body becomes virtual and incorporates a new way to be in the world that takes its source in an initiatory, imagination experienced in common. In light of the contemporary vitality, we can see reborn the homo religiosus.