Paper short abstract:

Far away from catholic dogma and usual representation of catholic believers, I would like to present a case of study on multi-religiosity in the scope of New Age practices in Spain.

Paper long abstract:

One of the more interesting pattern of the so called "Spiritual Revolution" is the ritual and beliefs bricolage. Although it remains viewed as superstition or confusion in some hegemonic discourses, religious pluralism is more and more important to understand the whole religious transformation in European cultures. As a sample of these changes I would like to expose some results of my fieldword among Nichiren Buddhists converts living in Madrid. Buddhists believers/practitioners in Spain are usually converts from Catholicism or another Christian Confession. Their spiritual careers are presented by themselves as a path into individual spirituality from some kind of personal crisis that disturbs the religious values and worldview in which they were socialized. But, nowadays, crisis spreads all around and, beyond Buddhism conversion, they continue searching and practicing new rites and new doctrinal aims as New Age seekers. Taking in account this ethnographic finding, I would like to discuss the importance of religious pluralism as a new key to cope with anxiety and uncertain future in contemporary Spain.