Episode 46: Shira Chess: Demystifying AI, the Occult, and Technopaganism

Welcome back to Exploration Arcanum. My guest today is Shira Chess, a media scholar, professor at the University of Georgia, and author of the new book The Unseen Internet. In this episode, we explore the connections between technology and the occult, from techno-paganism and meme magic to artificial intelligence, and discuss why every new technological revolution seems to give rise to new forms of belief.I'll put links to all of Shira's work and social media in the description below. If you enjoy this episode, please give it a like and subscribe to Exploration Arcanum here on YouTube. You can also find the show on Spotify, so be sure to follow us there as well for more esoteric conversations.Thank you.Shira Chess' links https://unseeninternet.substack.com/https://grady.uga.edu/faculty/shira-chess/https://www.instagram.com/shirachess/https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/shira-chess-2026/Follow Exploration Arcanum on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pAHz5zengxeOp4jaCHdRs?si=a29d348f4b6c4703Shop our guests and support Exploration Arcanum: https://bookshop.org/shop/ExplorationArcanum