Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 38,94 MB
Release : 2000-02-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780791444351
A historical and interpretive study of three aspects of Western esotericism from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 1994-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438402236
This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to appear in English. Here is also a historical survey, beginning with the Alexandrean Period, of the various esoteric currents such as Christian Kabbalah, Theosophy, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, and Hermeticism. Common characteristics of these currents are the notion of universal interdependency and the experience of spiritual transformation. The author establishes a rigorous methodology; provides clarifying definitions of such key terms as "gnosis," "theosophy," "occultism," and "Hermeticism;" and offers analysis of contemporary esotericism based on three distinct pathways. The second half of the book presents a series of studies on several important figures, works, and movements in Western esotericism—studies devoted to some of the most characteristic and illuminating aspects that this form of thought has taken, such as theosophical speculations on androgyny, rosicrucian literature, and Masonic symbolism. The book is completed by a rich and selective Bibliography conceived as a means of orientation and a tool for research.
Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 1994-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791421789
This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to appear in English. Here is also a historical survey, beginning with the Alexandrean Period, of the various esoteric currents such as Christian Kabbalah, Theosophy, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, and Hermeticism. Common characteristics of these currents are the notion of universal interdependency and the experience of spiritual transformation. The author establishes a rigorous methodology; provides clarifying definitions of such key terms as gnosis, theosophy, occultism, and Hermeticism; and offers analysis of contemporary esotericism based on three distinct pathways. The second half of the book presents a series of studies on several important figures, works, and movements in Western esotericismstudies devoted to some of the most characteristic and illuminating aspects that this form of thought has taken, such as theosophical speculations on androgyny, rosicrucian literature, and Masonic symbolism. The book is completed by a rich and selective Bibliography conceived as a means of orientation and a tool for research.
Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438433794
Widely received in France, this brief, comprehensive introduction to Western esotericism by the founder of the field is at last available in English. A historical and pedagogical guide, the book is written primarily for students and novices. In clear, precise language, author Antoine Faivre provides an overview of Western esoteric currents since late antiquity. The bulk of the book is laid out chronologically, from ancient and medieval sources (Alexandrian hermetism, gnosticism, neoplatonism), through the Renaissance up to the present time. Its coverage includes spiritual alchemy, Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, Christian theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Illuminism, 'mystical' Free-Masonry, the Occultist current, Theosophical and Anthroposophical Societies, the Traditionalist School, and 'esotericism' in contemporary initiatic societies and in New Religious Movements. Faivre explores how these currents are connected, and refers to where they appear in art and literature. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography, which makes it an essential resource for beginners and scholars alike.
Author : Hans Martin Krämer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438480431
Theosophy across Boundaries brings a global history approach to the study of esotericism, highlighting the important role of Theosophy in the general histories of religion, science, philosophy, art, and politics. The first half of the book consists of seven perspectives on the activities of the Theosophical Society in very different regional contexts, ranging from India, Vietnam, China, and Japan to Victorian Britain and Israel, shedding new light on the entanglement of "Western" and "Oriental" ideas around 1900. The second half explores specific cultural influences that Theosophy exerted in the spheres of literature, art, and politics, using case studies from Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and Russia. The examples clearly show that Theosophy was part of a truly global movement, thus providing an outstanding example of the complex entanglements of the global religious history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780742558366
Provides overview, from antiquity onwards, on various Western religious esoteric movements. This book includes topics such as: alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and more.
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1999-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791443309
Provides an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bo¬hme, bringing us into a startling new world of Christian experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.
Author : Noel L. Brann
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 17,60 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791439623
An examination of Trithemius's "magical theology," which argued for the compatibility of magic and Christian doctrines, and its influence during the Renaissance and Reformation.
Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824514440
"An excellent overview of spiritual movements throughout the last few centuries . . . a superb panorama" (The Book Reader), this book covers esoterica from its ancient beginnings through the alchemists to Gurdijeff and Jung.
Author : Arthur Versluis
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 12,27 MB
Release : 1999-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791443293
Provides an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bo¬hme, bringing us into a startling new world of Christian experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.
