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    Published: 2025-12-31
    Vol. 46 No. 2 (2025)

    Red Pill Community as a Spiritual Community

    Weronika Jaworska , Natalia Brzezińska Profil ORCID autora Natalia Brzezińska
    Seminare. Learned Investigations
    Section: Articles
    DOI https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1875

    Abstract

    The secularisation of contemporary Western societies has led to the disintegration of traditional forms of spirituality and the emergence of a “transcendental void” filled by alternative spiritual communities. One such phenomenon is the Red Pill Community, functioning within the so-called manosphere. This study aims to explore the spiritual dimension of this community and to determine how it assumes functions typically associated with religious groups. The research employs a qualitative content analysis of the statements made by Andrew Tate – one of the leading figures of the manosphere – combined with discourse analysis focused on the categories of identity and axiology. The findings indicate that the Red Pill Community constructs a nonconformist belief system in which initiatory practices, narratives of self-realisation, and responses to existential questions play a central role. The group’s online forums serve a communal function and facilitate effective recruitment of new members. The results allow for interpreting the Red Pill Community as a form of new digital spirituality that responds to the contemporary crisis of religion and identity. Despite lacking a direct reference to the sacred, this community fulfils functions typical of religious groups by using new technologies to shape a sense of belonging and meaning.

    Keywords:

    Red Pill Community, community, spiritual community, manosphere, new spirituality, secularization, Andrew Tate, Matrix

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    Jaworska, W., & Brzezińska, N. (2025). Red Pill Community as a Spiritual Community. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 46(2), 183–194. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1875

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