Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret KnowledgeRoutledge, 05.07.2017 - 184 Seiten Esotericism is the search for an absolute but hidden knowledge accessed through mystical vision, the mediation of higher beings, or personal experience. In Western cultural history esoteric approaches to religion have often been in conflict with - and suffered at the hands of - more established forms of religious belief and practice. 'Western Esotericism' presents a very broad and engaging history of the people and ideas which have shaped occult history from antiquity to today. Throughout the history of esotericism the dynamic of concealment and revelation has characterized the search for secret knowledge. Pursued both publically and privately, esotericism has come to influence more mainstream religious practice and culture and has significantly shaped our understanding of modernity. Today, esotericism continues to be practised by a range of both established and new religious movements. 'Western Esotericism' presents the essential guide to one of the most fascinating, provocative, and sustained of religious traditions. |
Inhalt
Foreword by Nicholas GoodrickClarke | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
Esotericism Enlightenment and Science | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
Secret Societies | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 9 | |
Index | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absolute knowledge alchemical ancient Aristotelian Aristotle astrology Blavatsky Blavatsky’s Christian concept contemporary context Corpus Hermeticum cosmos cultural debate deep ecology described developed divine doctrine empirical Enlightenment esoteric esoteric discourse esoteric motifs esoteric traditions esotericism Europe European field of discourse fifteenth Freemasonry Gladigow Gnosis Gnostic God’s Greek Hanegraaff heavenly Hebrew heimarmene Hermes Trismegistus Hermetic history of religion human ideas important individual influence interpretation Islam Israel Jews Johann John Dee Joseph Gikatilla Kabbalah kabbalistic late antiquity linked Luria magic Manichaeism Marsilio Ficino medieval modern esotericism movement Muslim mysteries Neo-Platonic occult pantheistic philosophy of nature Pico Platonic Pletho Postel prisca theologia Pythagoras regarded religious Renaissance Reuchlin revelation role Rosicrucian Sabaeans Sabbateanism scholars Scholem scientific secret Sefer Sefer Yetzirah Sefirot Shabbatai Zvi Shekhinah sixteenth century soul spiritual Stuckrad Suhrawardī symbolism texts theology Theosophical Society thought Torah transcendent translation transpersonal Trithemius truth writings Zoroaster