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  • Esotericism in Western Culture

    Counter-Normativity and Rejected Knowledge

    by Professor Wouter J. Hanegraaff ...
    This accessible introduction by the world's leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the center of modern research in the humanities. Reflecting updates in the field since the foundational publication Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2013), Wouter J. Hanegraaff demonstrates that the exclusion of “rejected knowledge” from normative ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination

    Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity

    by Wouter J. Hanegraaff ...
    In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of ancient wisdom. While many of their writings are lost, those that survived have been interpreted primarily as ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Esotericism and the Academy

    Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture

    by Wouter J. Hanegraaff ...
    Academics tend to look on 'esoteric', 'occult' or 'magical' beliefs with contempt, but are usually ignorant about the religious and philosophical traditions to which these terms refer, or their relevance to intellectual history. Wouter Hanegraaff tells the neglected story of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have tried to come to terms with a cluster of 'pagan' ideas from late antiquity that ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Hermes Explains

    Thirty Questions about Western Esotericism

    Edited by Wouter Hanegraaff, Peter Forshaw, Marco Pasi ...
    Few fields of academic research are surrounded by so many misunderstandings and misconceptions as the study of Western esotericism. For twenty years now, the Centre for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (University of Amsterdam) has been at the forefront of international scholarship in this domain. This anniversary volume seeks to make the modern study of Western esotericism ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Hermes in the Academy

    Ten Years' Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam

    Edited by Wouter Hanegraaff, J. Pijnenburg ...
    Hermes in the Academy commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (GHF) at the University of Amsterdam. The center devotes itself to the study of Western esotericism, which includes topics such as Hermetic philosophy, Christian kabbalah and occultism.This volume shows how, over the past ten years, the GHF has developed into the leading ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    Essays in Comparative Religion

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  • The Western Esoteric Traditions

    A Historical Introduction

    by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke ...
    Western esotericism has now emerged as an academic study in its own right, combining spirituality with an empirical observation of the natural world while also relating the humanity to the universe through a harmonious celestial order. This introduction to the Western esoteric traditions offers a concise overview of their historical development. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke explores these traditions, ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism

    Edited by Glenn Alexander Magee ...
    Mysticism and esotericism are two intimately related strands of the Western tradition. Despite their close connections, however, scholars tend to treat them separately. Whereas the study of Western mysticism enjoys a long and established history, Western esotericism is a young field. The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism examines both of these traditions together. The volume ... Read more

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  • The Myth of Disenchantment

    Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences

    by Jason A. Josephson-Storm ...
    This study of the early human sciences and their deep connections to spiritualism dispenses with the myth that separates magic and modernity.Many theorists contend that the defining feature of modernity is our collective loss of faith in spirits, myths, and magic. But in The Myth of Disenchantment, Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues against this narrative, showing that attempts to suppress magic have ... Read more

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  • Hermeneutics, Politics, and the History of Religions

    The Contested Legacies of Joachim Wach and Mircea Eliade

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  • The Myth of the Eternal Return

    Cosmos and History

    by Mircea Eliade ...
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    Series series Princeton Classics
    First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide ... Read more

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