Restores the Platonic history and context of mysticism and shows how mysticism helps us understand more deeply the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art.
Restores the Platonic history and context of mysticism and shows how mysticism helps us understand more deeply the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art.
The first book to reveal the history of Western sexual mysticism ‧ Reveals the secret sexual practices that have been used since ancient Greece to achieve mystical union with God ‧ Details the sects a
The topic of many works of literature and the darling of pop culture, the explicated unknown has been wrestled to the ground countless times in Western intellectual life. Versluis (American studies, M
The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in ea
