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Western esotericism. [Elektronisk resurs] : a guide for the perplexed / Wouter J. Hanegraaff.
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Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (creator_code:aut_t)
- ISBN 9781441188977
- record:Note_publ_t: London ; Bloomsbury, 2013
- language:Eng_t PDF (vii, 211 s.)
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- Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; CHAPTER ONE What is Western esotericism?; From definitions to prototypes; The rest of the west: Judaism, Christianity, Islam; CHAPTER TWO A very short history; Gno-sis in Hellenistic culture; The secrets of nature: Magic, astrology, alchemy; The Renaissance; Naturphilosophie and Christian theosophy; Initiatic societies; The modernist occult; Esotericism after World War II; CHAPTER THREE Apologetics and polemics; Early Christianity and the Church of Rome; Protestantism; Modernity; CHAPTER FOUR Worldviews; Metaphysical radicalism.
- Platonic mediationAlchemical mediation; CHAPTER FIVE Knowledge; Reason, faith and gnosis; Alterations of consciousness; CHAPTER SIX Practice; Control; Knowledge; Amplification; Healing; Progress; Contact; Unity; Pleasure; CHAPTER SEVEN Modernization; History and truth; Correspondences and causality; The expanding horizon of religion; Evolution; The impact of psychology; The religious supermarket; CHAPTER EIGHT Between the disciplines; Religion, philosophy, science; The visual arts; Literature; Music; The social sciences and popular culture; CHAPTER NINE Sources and resources.
- Organizations, libraries, teaching programmesGeneral literature; Gno-sis in Hellenistic culture; The secrets of nature: Magic, astrology, alchemy; The Renaissance; Naturphilosophie and Christian theosophy; Initiatic societies; The modernist occult; Esotericism after World War II; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index.
- Western esotericism has been a pervasive presence in Western culture from late antiquity to the present day, but until recently it was largely ignored by scholars and surrounded by misconceptions and prejudice. This accessible guide provides readers with the basic knowledge and tools that will allow them to find their way in this bewildering but fascinating field. What is it that unites phenomena as diverse as ancient gnosticism and hermetism, the ""occult sciences"" of astrology, alchemy, and magic, rosicrucianism, as well as Christian theosophy, occultism, spiritualism, and the contemporary.
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