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Title Hermes explains : thirty questions about western esotericism : celebrating the 20th anniversary of the centre for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam / edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Peter J. Forshaw and Marco Pasi.
Alternative Title Thirty questions about western esotericism
Publisher Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Copyright date ©2019



Descript 1 online resource (320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
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Contents Aren't we living in a desenchanted world? / Egil Asprem -- Esotericism, that's for white folks, right? / Justine M. Bakker -- Surely modern art is not occult? It is modern! / Tessel M. Bauduin -- Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world? / Henrik Bogdan -- Numbers are meant for counting, right? / Jean-Pierre Brach -- Wasn't Hermes a prophet of Christianity who lived long before Christ? / Roelof van den Broek -- Weren't early Christians up against a gnostic religion? / Dylan M. Burns -- There's not much room for women in esotericism, right? / Allison P. Coudert -- The imagination... You mean fantasy, right? / Antoine Faivre -- Weren't medieval monks afraid of demons? / Claire Fanger -- What does popular fiction have to do with the occult? / Christine Ferguson -- Isn't alchemy a spiritual tradition? / Peter J. Forshaw -- Music? What does that have to do with esotericism? / Joscelyn Godwin -- Why all that satanist stuff in heavy metal? / Kennet Granholm -- Religion can't be a joke, right? / J. Christian Greer -- Isn't esotericism irrational? / Olav Hammer -- Rejected knowledge... so you mean that esotericists are the losers of history? / Wouter J. Hanegraaff -- The kind of stuff Madonna talks about - that's not real kabbala, is it? / Boaz Huss -- Shouldn't evil cults that woship satan be illegal? / Massimo Introvigne -- Is occultism a product of capitalism? / Andreas B. Kilcher -- Can superhero comics really transmit esoteric knowledge? / Jeffrey J. Kripal -- Are kabbalistic meditations all about ecstasy? / John MacMurphy -- Isn't India the home of spiritual wisdom? / Mriganka Mukhopadhyay -- If people believe in magic, isn't that just because they aren't educated? / Bernd-Christian Otto -- But what does esotericism have to do with sex? / Marco Pasi -- Is there such a thing as Islamic estoericism? / Mark Sedgwick -- A man who never died, angels falling from the sky... What is that Enoch stuff all about? / György E. Szönyi -- Is there any room for women in Jewish kabbalah? / Elliot R. Wolfson -- Surely born-again Christianity has nothing to do with occult stuff like alchemy? / Mike A. Zuber.
ISBN 9789048542857 (electronic bk.)
9048542855 (electronic bk.)
9789463720205
9463720200
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Subject Occultism.
Alt author Hanegraaff, Wouter J., editor. Editor.
Forshaw, Peter J., editor. Editor.
Pasi, Marco, editor. Editor.
Alternative Title Thirty questions about western esotericism
Descript 1 online resource (320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Aren't we living in a desenchanted world? / Egil Asprem -- Esotericism, that's for white folks, right? / Justine M. Bakker -- Surely modern art is not occult? It is modern! / Tessel M. Bauduin -- Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world? / Henrik Bogdan -- Numbers are meant for counting, right? / Jean-Pierre Brach -- Wasn't Hermes a prophet of Christianity who lived long before Christ? / Roelof van den Broek -- Weren't early Christians up against a gnostic religion? / Dylan M. Burns -- There's not much room for women in esotericism, right? / Allison P. Coudert -- The imagination... You mean fantasy, right? / Antoine Faivre -- Weren't medieval monks afraid of demons? / Claire Fanger -- What does popular fiction have to do with the occult? / Christine Ferguson -- Isn't alchemy a spiritual tradition? / Peter J. Forshaw -- Music? What does that have to do with esotericism? / Joscelyn Godwin -- Why all that satanist stuff in heavy metal? / Kennet Granholm -- Religion can't be a joke, right? / J. Christian Greer -- Isn't esotericism irrational? / Olav Hammer -- Rejected knowledge... so you mean that esotericists are the losers of history? / Wouter J. Hanegraaff -- The kind of stuff Madonna talks about - that's not real kabbala, is it? / Boaz Huss -- Shouldn't evil cults that woship satan be illegal? / Massimo Introvigne -- Is occultism a product of capitalism? / Andreas B. Kilcher -- Can superhero comics really transmit esoteric knowledge? / Jeffrey J. Kripal -- Are kabbalistic meditations all about ecstasy? / John MacMurphy -- Isn't India the home of spiritual wisdom? / Mriganka Mukhopadhyay -- If people believe in magic, isn't that just because they aren't educated? / Bernd-Christian Otto -- But what does esotericism have to do with sex? / Marco Pasi -- Is there such a thing as Islamic estoericism? / Mark Sedgwick -- A man who never died, angels falling from the sky... What is that Enoch stuff all about? / György E. Szönyi -- Is there any room for women in Jewish kabbalah? / Elliot R. Wolfson -- Surely born-again Christianity has nothing to do with occult stuff like alchemy? / Mike A. Zuber.
ISBN 9789048542857 (electronic bk.)
9048542855 (electronic bk.)
9789463720205
9463720200
Subject Occultism.
Alt author Hanegraaff, Wouter J., editor. Editor.
Forshaw, Peter J., editor. Editor.
Pasi, Marco, editor. Editor.
Alternative Title Thirty questions about western esotericism

Subject Occultism.
Descript 1 online resource (320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Aren't we living in a desenchanted world? / Egil Asprem -- Esotericism, that's for white folks, right? / Justine M. Bakker -- Surely modern art is not occult? It is modern! / Tessel M. Bauduin -- Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world? / Henrik Bogdan -- Numbers are meant for counting, right? / Jean-Pierre Brach -- Wasn't Hermes a prophet of Christianity who lived long before Christ? / Roelof van den Broek -- Weren't early Christians up against a gnostic religion? / Dylan M. Burns -- There's not much room for women in esotericism, right? / Allison P. Coudert -- The imagination... You mean fantasy, right? / Antoine Faivre -- Weren't medieval monks afraid of demons? / Claire Fanger -- What does popular fiction have to do with the occult? / Christine Ferguson -- Isn't alchemy a spiritual tradition? / Peter J. Forshaw -- Music? What does that have to do with esotericism? / Joscelyn Godwin -- Why all that satanist stuff in heavy metal? / Kennet Granholm -- Religion can't be a joke, right? / J. Christian Greer -- Isn't esotericism irrational? / Olav Hammer -- Rejected knowledge... so you mean that esotericists are the losers of history? / Wouter J. Hanegraaff -- The kind of stuff Madonna talks about - that's not real kabbala, is it? / Boaz Huss -- Shouldn't evil cults that woship satan be illegal? / Massimo Introvigne -- Is occultism a product of capitalism? / Andreas B. Kilcher -- Can superhero comics really transmit esoteric knowledge? / Jeffrey J. Kripal -- Are kabbalistic meditations all about ecstasy? / John MacMurphy -- Isn't India the home of spiritual wisdom? / Mriganka Mukhopadhyay -- If people believe in magic, isn't that just because they aren't educated? / Bernd-Christian Otto -- But what does esotericism have to do with sex? / Marco Pasi -- Is there such a thing as Islamic estoericism? / Mark Sedgwick -- A man who never died, angels falling from the sky... What is that Enoch stuff all about? / György E. Szönyi -- Is there any room for women in Jewish kabbalah? / Elliot R. Wolfson -- Surely born-again Christianity has nothing to do with occult stuff like alchemy? / Mike A. Zuber.
Alt author Hanegraaff, Wouter J., editor. Editor.
Forshaw, Peter J., editor. Editor.
Pasi, Marco, editor. Editor.
ISBN 9789048542857 (electronic bk.)
9048542855 (electronic bk.)
9789463720205
9463720200

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