conspiritualism

English

Etymology

Blend of conspiracy (theory) +‎ spiritualism. Compare earlier conspirituality.

Noun

conspiritualism (uncountable)

1. The melding of conspiracy theories into the narrative of the wellness industry.
   • 2020 September 14, Sarah Wilson, “The wellness realm has fallen into conspiritualism – I have a sense why”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But little prepared me for this most recent pop-political mash-up, coined conspiritualism. It’s certainly a Venn overlap that is hard to fathom. How did wellness warriors come to unite with the alt-right QAnon community?

   • 2021 March 12, “Professor Ron Purser Interviewed by Salon on ‘Conspirituality’ Influencers”, in San Francisco State University College of Business‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 June 2021:

     In times of unrest, Purser explains, societies see a rise in groups of people who are attracted to esoteric ideas mixing them with political movements. Recently, this wave of "conspiritualism" has begun to overlap with influencers on social media.

   • 2021 March, Orit Badouk Epstein, “I don’t have COVID, she has it”, in ESTD Newsletter, volume 11, European Society for Trauma and Dissociation, page 6:

     Since the beginning of the pandemic Sara has allied herself with “Conspiritualism”, claiming that this virus is a hoax; that the evil left is trying to trap us with a toxifying vaccine; and that meditation, taking natural remedies and vitamins are sufficient to immunise our bodies so that they can fight back any virus.

   • 2021 October 20, Vashti Fox, “It’s time to confront the anti-vaccination far right”, in Red Flag‎^[3], archived from the original on 2021-10-21:

     There is nothing left wing about alternative medicine, the rejection of scientific research or ostensibly anti-authoritarian stances against state regulation. The individualism, entrepreneurialism and “conspiritualism” at the heart of the wellness movement fits alongside the far right’s claim that state-enforced public health measures are totalitarian.