Omri Elisha
@omrielisha.bsky.social
Anthropologist of religion at Queens College/The Graduate Center, CUNY. Author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization & Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (2011)
Currently thinking about astrology, spirituality, and historical consciousness.
Currently thinking about astrology, spirituality, and historical consciousness.
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Omri Elisha
@omrielisha.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Greetings fellow blue skies! I hope we can all feel settled in these new digs. And for those who don't know my work, here's a recent article entitled "Mirrors of the Past: Time and Historical Consciousness in Contemporary Western Astrology." Hope you like it! doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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Our latest Under the Rubric brings together Mary Neuburger, Adam Hanzel, and @omrielisha.bsky.social, authors of two essays that explore alternative ways of predicting the future: clairvoyance and astrology. Enjoy!
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04...
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04...
April 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our latest Under the Rubric brings together Mary Neuburger, Adam Hanzel, and @omrielisha.bsky.social, authors of two essays that explore alternative ways of predicting the future: clairvoyance and astrology. Enjoy!
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04...
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/04...
Join Webb Keane for a thought-provoking discussion of his 2024 book, “Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination,” with discussants Omri Elisha and Danilyn Rutherford. Free and open to all—RSVP now
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March 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join Webb Keane for a thought-provoking discussion of his 2024 book, “Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination,” with discussants Omri Elisha and Danilyn Rutherford. Free and open to all—RSVP now
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For those in the NYC area on 14 April, come join us for the NY book launch of Picturing Aura!
Details in the image below. Please note that, although this event is free and open to the public, registration is required. You can use the QR code in the flyer or via this link: forms.gle/kqs8v2VMb8yg...
Details in the image below. Please note that, although this event is free and open to the public, registration is required. You can use the QR code in the flyer or via this link: forms.gle/kqs8v2VMb8yg...
March 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For those in the NYC area on 14 April, come join us for the NY book launch of Picturing Aura!
Details in the image below. Please note that, although this event is free and open to the public, registration is required. You can use the QR code in the flyer or via this link: forms.gle/kqs8v2VMb8yg...
Details in the image below. Please note that, although this event is free and open to the public, registration is required. You can use the QR code in the flyer or via this link: forms.gle/kqs8v2VMb8yg...
State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews.
State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
Jewish Holocaust survivors suspected of being Soviet sympathizers were subject to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act.
forward.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews.
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i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
the problem with the "trans sports participation is a loser / 80-20 issue" framing is that it ignores how it got that way. it didn't just happen out of nowhere. It's been a 5+ year campaign by Republicans to make it an 80-20 issue, and noone fought back.
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all
Trump wants to remake America in his image, that of a miserable and lonely bully. Think about the bullies you knew as a kid. Did they have any real power? Did they have any real influence? Did they have any real friends?
March 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump wants to remake America in his image, that of a miserable and lonely bully. Think about the bullies you knew as a kid. Did they have any real power? Did they have any real influence? Did they have any real friends?
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It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.
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A geopolitical wake-up call from @rhodesben.bsky.social 🧵
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A geopolitical wake-up call from @rhodesben.bsky.social 🧵
Everyone will focus on the shouting match with Zelensky, but notice that the moment when Vance starts berating him is directly in response to Zelensky's critique of Putin, not the US. Trump/Vance are shameless and spineless puppets for a hostile foreign power.
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Everyone will focus on the shouting match with Zelensky, but notice that the moment when Vance starts berating him is directly in response to Zelensky's critique of Putin, not the US. Trump/Vance are shameless and spineless puppets for a hostile foreign power.
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Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.
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Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
Steve Bannon denies using 'Nazi' salute and says he was just waving
Steve Bannon denies using 'Nazi' salute and says he was just waving
Steve Bannon has denied making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering, insisting the gesture was just a wave.
news.sky.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
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The Maine Principal's Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.
'See you in court': Trump and Maine's governor spar over trans athlete order
The Maine Principal's Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.
www.npr.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Maine Principal's Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Over the course of last week, the two largest American Jewish denominations, the Reform and Conservative movements, also issued statements objecting to Trump’s plan.
American rabbis condemn Trump's Gaza plan in New York Times ad
(RNS) — Over the course of the week, the two largest American Jewish denominations, the Reform and Conservative movements, also issued statements objecting to Trump’s plan.
religionnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Over the course of last week, the two largest American Jewish denominations, the Reform and Conservative movements, also issued statements objecting to Trump’s plan.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Who's organizing panels for AAR? I haven't been in a few years but hoping to join interesting convo's on US religion, spirituality, occultism, astrology, secularism, ritual, expertise, and media.
Our 2025 Annual Meetings Call for Proposals is now open! Submit your proposals for the in-person Annual Meeting in Boston and the online June Sessions of the Annual Meeting by March 3, 2025: papers.aarweb.org/aar-login
February 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Who's organizing panels for AAR? I haven't been in a few years but hoping to join interesting convo's on US religion, spirituality, occultism, astrology, secularism, ritual, expertise, and media.
Very pleased to have my article on astrology and historical consciousness published in this outstanding journal!
And meet the authors of our latest issue, Rachel Baron-Bloch, Matei Candea, @omrielisha.bsky.social, Arndt Emmerich, @arunabhghosh.bsky.social, Adam Hanzel, Magnus Marsden, Susan K. McCarthy, Luiza Monetti, and Mary Neuburger!
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/02...
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2025/02...
Volume 67, Issue 1 – Comparative Studies in Society and History
Meet the authors of the 67-1 issue, January 2025.
sites.lsa.umich.edu
February 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Very pleased to have my article on astrology and historical consciousness published in this outstanding journal!
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Once again, a fundamental reason why so many academics despise Trump, Vance, Musk & company is that we’ve all had our share of The Guy Who Didn’t Do The Reading But Demands to Be Heard
January 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Once again, a fundamental reason why so many academics despise Trump, Vance, Musk & company is that we’ve all had our share of The Guy Who Didn’t Do The Reading But Demands to Be Heard
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We're fighting to ensure our students, colleagues and neighbors are protected from threats based on their immigration status.
PSC members, join our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group and access the resources we’ve collected here: psc-cuny.org/ISWG
PSC members, join our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group and access the resources we’ve collected here: psc-cuny.org/ISWG
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We're fighting to ensure our students, colleagues and neighbors are protected from threats based on their immigration status.
PSC members, join our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group and access the resources we’ve collected here: psc-cuny.org/ISWG
PSC members, join our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group and access the resources we’ve collected here: psc-cuny.org/ISWG
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TikTok is back, complete with a message thanking Trump. We know that Trump initially got the TikTok ban talk rolling, but Democrats did his dirty work, signing the bill into law. In catering to conservative logic they handed him today’s win on a platter.
Read more: www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal....
Read more: www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal....
January 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
TikTok is back, complete with a message thanking Trump. We know that Trump initially got the TikTok ban talk rolling, but Democrats did his dirty work, signing the bill into law. In catering to conservative logic they handed him today’s win on a platter.
Read more: www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal....
Read more: www.jphilll.com/p/things-fal....
RIP David Lynch. Still the scariest scene of all time.
January 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
RIP David Lynch. Still the scariest scene of all time.