This volume deepens our understanding of Jacob Böhme’s texts and contexts and facilitates future research. It encompasses sections on the text-centered approach to Böhme, facets of his environment, an
In Dark Enlightenment Kennet Granholm provides a detailed look at the Left-Hand Path magic order Dragon Rouge in particular and explores the contexts of contemporary esoteric magic in general.
For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic theme
In Gurdjieff and Music Johanna Petsche examines the large and diverse body of piano music produced by Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff (c.1866-1949) in collaboration with his devoted p
Peter Staudenmaier’s study Between Occultism and Nazism examines the controversial history of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophist movement in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy as a case study in the politic
Historians and scholars of religion, most European, examine how Masonic rituals changed as women began taking part in them during the 19th century. The studies draw on primary sources that have only r
Scholars from a range of humanities probe more deeply than previously into the connection between the two traditions, now that constraints on the study of both have relaxed somewhat. Their topics incl
Barnes (English, U. of New South Wales-Australian Defense Force Academy) looks at the 1914 collection by Australian poet Brennan (b. 1870). She argues that the fundamental principle informing the stru
The treatise of the great philosopher and mystic, Jacob Boehme’s Of the Three Principles of Divine Being, 1619, is a key to his complete work, its historical context, and its role in German intellectu
In Esotericism and Narrative: The Occult Fiction of Charles Williams, Aren Roukema looks through the portal of Charles Williams’s fantastic fiction, analyzing the author’s narrative translations of ri
This book endeavors to fill a lacuna in the literature on early twentieth-century kabbalah, namely the lack of a comprehensive account of the traditional kabbalah in Jerusalem from 1896 to 1948.
Aries, ghost of the ram of Golden Fleece fame, remains furious at the loss of his beautiful coat, stolen by Jason and the Argonauts centuries ago. He's desperate to find his beloved fleece, and when h
Esotericism in African American Religious Experience: “There is a Mystery”…, brings together groundbreaking essays that inaugurate Africana Esoteric Studies (AES): a new trans-disciplinary enterprise
When religion meets religion, the result can be peaceful apologetics, controversy and debate, or war. In these 12 essays contributors describe responses to western esotericism and the polemics that re
The eighteen original interdisciplinary essays in Lux in Tenebris explore the alchemical, magical, kabbalistic, rosicrucian and theosophical verbal and visual symbolism in the history of Western Esote
In Dark Enlightenment Kennet Granholm provides a detailed look at the Left-Hand Path magic order Dragon Rouge in particular and explores the contexts of contemporary esoteric magic in general.
Jacob Boehme’s beautiful and influential Aurora (1612) with an English translation opposite its source. Commentary on themes and concepts sheds light on the work and its impact on poetry, philosophy,
Weeks (German, Illinois State U.) has done an impressive job of translating and introducing five lengthy works by the 16th-century Swiss polymath. The lengthy introduction describes the life and thoug
Helmont (1614-98) was a Flemish doctor, alchemist, and student of the Jewish Kabbalah. His first book, A Short Sketch of the Truly Natural Hebrew Alphabet argues that Hebrew was the original language,
In eastern German cities associated with the Protestant reform during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, explains Szulakowska (art history, U. of Leeds), an intricate visual world of alchemical s
Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam emphasizes the international nature of the war, as well as provide a greater understanding of the long scope of the conflict. The major events associated wi
Wuidar (musicology, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium) brings together 16 essays by scholars who attended a conference in Rome in April 2008, "Music and Esotericism: Art and Science of Sound
Historian Collis (U. of Sheffield) examines the reforms that Peter the Great proposed, and how they impacted the religious, cultural, and scientific attitudes prevalent at the court and throughout the
This volume of conference proceedings investigates the various ways and patterns with which esoteric writings and groups establish their own tradition. This involves concepts of origin and memory, way
