The virgin of the world of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus /
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Bath occult reprint series prelim.
First rendered into english with essays introduction and notes by Dr Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland authors of "the Perfect way...."
Half title, also at head of title : the hermatic works.
pages [3] volume II-contents pages.
translated and published for, all reight reserved by Robt H. Fryar, ed.
volume 2 of the Hermetic works Published under the auspices of the Hermetic society pages 154. :
[8], xxx, [2], 154 pages [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. :
0913510238
The light of Egypt : or, The science of the soul and the stars /
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"Dictated by the author from the subjective plane of life" through Mrs. Belle M. Wagner--Pref., volume II.
Reprint of the edition published in Denver, 1889-1900.
Supplement to the Light of Egypt volume II ... It was thought advisable to add two chapters, number XIV and XV, to the 1965 reprint edition of volume II. The 1963 reprint edition plus this supplement contains the same material as shown in the 1965 reprint edition. :
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Hermes Christianus : the intermingling of Hermetic piety and Christian thought /
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xii, 306 pages ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index. :
9782503529608 (hbk) :
https://smu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/sourceRecord?vid=01SMU_INST:01SMU&docId=alma9942083963403716&recordOwner=01SMU_INST
Omnia
Religion und arkane Hierarchie : der Orden der Gold- und Rosenkreuzer als geheime Kirche im 18. Jahrhundert /
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This volume examines the history of the 18th-Century secret order of the Golden Rosicrucians (Gold- und Rosenkreuzer), one of the most mysterious, exclusive and successful Masonic societies in the German speaking countries of that time. The order and its esoteric roots have so far never been examined on the basis of original documents. The formation and development, the hierarchical structure, leading figures such as princes and ministers, and the system of degrees and secret teachings are explored in-depth and interpreted applying recent and innovative concepts of the Study of Western Esotericism.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-356) and index. :
9789047419518 :
1871-1405 ; :
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Western esotericism in Scandinavia /
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This is the first encyclopaedic work on Western esotericism in Scandinavia. Structured along the lines of the Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericsm (2005), it contains over 80 articles written by 47 specialists. It consists of critical overviews of all the major esoteric currents in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, ranging from Alchemy, Anthroposophy, and Astrology, to Theosophy, Traditionalism, and UFO Movements. This ground-breaking work is of relevance not only for scholars and students of Western esotericism, but for all with an interest in alternative religious traditions and Scandinavian intellectual history.
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1 online resource (xviii, 698 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004325968 :
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Lux in tenebris : the visual and the symbolic in western esotericism /
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Lux in Tenebris is a collection of eighteen original interdisciplinary essays that address aspects of the verbal and visual symbolism in the works of significant figures in the history of Western Esotericism, covering such themes as alchemy, magic, kabbalah, angels, occult philosophy, Platonism, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy. Part I: Middle Ages andamp; Early Modernity ranges from Gikatilla, Ficino, Camillo, Agrippa, Weigel, Böhme, Yvon, and Swedenborg, to celestial divination in Russia. Part II: Modernity andamp; Postmodernity moves from occultist thinkers Schwaller de Lubicz and Evola to esotericism in literature, art, and cinema, in the works of Colquhoun, Degouve de Nuncques, Bruskin, Doitschinoff, and Pérez-Reverte, with an essay on esoteric theories of colour. Contributors are: Michael J.B. Allen, Susanna Åkerman, Lina Bolzoni, Aaron Cheak, Robert Collis, Francesca M. Crasta, Per Faxneld, Laura Follesa, Victoria Ferentinou, Joshua Gentzke, Joscelyn Godwin, Hans Thomas Hakl, Theodor Harmsen, Elke Morlok, Noel Putnik, Jonathan Schorsch, György Szönyi, Carsten Wilke, and Thomas Willard.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004334953 :
1871-1405 ; :
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New Age Religion and Western Culture, Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought.
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Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinating work presents the first-ever comprehensive analysis of New Age Religion and its historical backgrounds, thus providing the reader with a means of orientation in the bewildering variety of the movement. Making extensive use of primary sources, the author thematically analyses New Age beliefs from the perspective of the study of religions. While looking at the historical backgrounds of the movement, he convincingly argues that its foundations were laid by so-called western esoteric traditions during the Renaissance. Hanegraaff finally shows how the modern New Age movement emerged from the increasing secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. This ground-breaking publication is compulsive reading for all those involved or interested in the New Age movement.
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1 online resource. :
9789004378933
Hidden intercourse : eros and sexuality in the history of Western esotericism /
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From rumours about gnostic orgies in antiquity to the explicit erotic symbolism of alchemical texts, from the subtly coded eroticism of medieval kabbalah to the sexual magic practiced by contemporary occultists and countercultural translations of Asian Tantra, the history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality. This volume, which brings together an impressive array of top-level specialists, is the first to analyze the eroticism of the esoteric without sensationalism or cheap generalizations, but on the basis of expert scholarship and attention to textual and historical detail. While there are few other domains where the imagination may so easily run wild, the various contributions seek to distinguish fact from fiction--only to find that historical realities are sometimes even stranger than the fantasies. In doing so, they reveal the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047443582 :
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