The question of constructing tradition, concepts of origin, and memory as well as techniques and practices of knowledge transmission, are central for cultures in general. In esotericism, however, such questions and techniques play an outstanding role and are widely reflected upo…
Sternbilder und Sternzeichen
by Kliemt, Frank, Übelacker, Erich, Müller, Dietrich
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"The career of John Dee has played a significant role in recent historiographical debates about the relationship between magic and science in the early modern period. This collection of interdisciplinary essays, which addresses a wide range of Dee's diverse intellectual activiti…
"The Buddhist priest Kūkai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and formal establishment of tantric - or esoteric - Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan and the founding of the Shingon school. In The Weaving of Mantra, author Ryūichi Abé examines this important religious…
In its historical development from late antiquity to the present, western esotericism has repeatedly been the issue of polemical discourse. This volume engages the polemical structures that underlie esoteric identities and the controversy about esoteric currents in European hist…
"Western esotericism has now emerged as an academic study in its own right, combining spirituality with an empirical observation of the natural world while also relating humanity to the universe through a harmonious celestial order. This introduction to the Western esoteric trad…
Die Rückkehr der Ideologie: Zur Gegenwart eines Schlüsselbegriffs
by Tibi, Bassam, Jost, John T., Stögner, Karin, Beyer, Heiko, Schauer, Alexandra, Demirovic, Alex, Gränitz, Saskia, Knappertsbusch, Felix, Kusche, Isabel, Rensmann, Lars, Schnabel, Annette, Schmidt, Christian, Seeburger, Jerome, Weyand, Jan, Zwarg, Robert, Hidalgo, Oliver, Marz, Ulrike, Pflücke, Virginia Kimey
