Handbook of the theosophical current /

Few religious currents have been as influential as the Theosophical. Yet few currents have been so under-researched, and the Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current thus represents pioneering research. A first section surveys the main people and events involved in the Theosophical Society from it...

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Other Authors: Hammer, Olav., Rothstein, Mikael.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 7.
Brill's Companions to Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy Online I, ISBN: 9789004389434.

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Call Number: BP530 .H36 2013

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein
  • Introduction /
  • Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein
  • Blavatsky and the First Generation of Theosophy /
  • Joscelyn Godwin
  • The Second Generation Leaders of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) /
  • Catherine Wessinger
  • Point Loma, Theosophy, and Katherine Tingley /
  • Tim Rudbøg
  • The Third Generation of Theosophy and Beyond /
  • W. Michael Ashcraft
  • The Theosophical Christology of Alice Bailey /
  • Sean O'Callaghan
  • Rudolf Steiner and Theosophy /
  • Katharina Brandt and Olav Hammer
  • Sleeping Prophet: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Cayce /
  • Shannon Trosper Schorey
  • The I AM Activity /
  • Tim Rudbøg
  • The Summit Lighthouse: Its Worldview and Theosophical Heritage /
  • Michael Abravanel
  • The Theosophy of the Roerichs: Agni Yoga or Living Ethics /
  • Anita Stasulane
  • Mahatmas in Space: The Ufological Turn and Mythological Materiality of Post-World War II Theosophy /
  • Mikael Rothstein
  • Theosophical Elements in New Age Religion /
  • Olav Hammer
  • Western Esoteric Traditions and Theosophy /
  • Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke†
  • Lost Horizon: H.P. Blavatsky and Theosophical Orientalism /
  • Christopher Partridge
  • Mythological and Real Race Issues in Theosophy /
  • Isaac Lubelsky
  • Theosophy, Gender and the "New Woman" /
  • Siv Ellen Kraft
  • Theosophical Macrohistory /
  • Garry W. Trompf
  • Theosophical Attitudes towards Science: Past and Present /
  • Egil Asprem
  • Abstract Art as "By-Product of Astral Manifestation": The Influence of Theosophy on Modern Art in Europe /
  • Tessel M. Bauduin
  • Theosophy and Popular Fiction /
  • Ingvild Sælid Gilhus and Lisbeth Mikaelson
  • Index /
  • Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein.