Author: Antoine Faivre
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042909557
Category : Religion
Languages : fr
Pages : 1466
Book Description
Ne en 1934, diplome de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1965), Docteur es-Lettres (1969), Antoine Faivre a ete Professeur de Langue et Litterature allemandes a l'Universite de Bordeaux III (de 1972 a 1985), puis a l'Universite de Rouen (de 1985 a 1991). Depuis 1969, A. Faivre dirige un seminaire a l'Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes (Section des Sciences Religieuses, Sorbonne), d'abord en tant que Charge de conferences (1967-1979), puis en tant que Directeur d'Etudes (il est titulaire de la Chaire Histoire des Courants esoteriques et mystiques dans l'Europe moderne et contemporaine, depuis 1979). Le present recueil vient tout naturellement rendre hommage au chercheur, qui a tant apporte a l'histoire critique de cette nouvelle specialite, mais aussi temoigner de la vitalite de celle-ci. Nombre de ses eleves, collegues et amis ont ainsi souhaite etre associes a cet hommage en lui offrant les quelque soixante et un articles (rediges en trois langues: francais, anglais et allemand) qui composent ce volume. Cinq parties principales regroupent les themes suivants: histoire de l'alchimie. Hermetisme. Kabbale (Partie I) ; Romantisme allemand. Naturphilosophie. Theosophie chretienne (Partie II); Franc-maconnerie, et societes initiatiques a caractere esoterique, comme le rosicrucisme (Partie III); Imagination, litterature et esoterisme, Imaginaire (Partie IV). Une cinquieme partie rassemble, d'une part, des etudes a caractere biographique (sur des auteurs comme Henry Corbin ou Gershom Scholem), et d'autre part, des reflexions d'ordre methodologique. Une Bibliographie des travaux publies par l'auteur (1960 a 2000), ainsi qu'un indispensable Index, completent utilement cet important ouvrage.
Esotérisme, gnoses & imaginaire symbolique
Author: Antoine Faivre
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042909557
Category : Religion
Languages : fr
Pages : 1466
Book Description
Ne en 1934, diplome de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1965), Docteur es-Lettres (1969), Antoine Faivre a ete Professeur de Langue et Litterature allemandes a l'Universite de Bordeaux III (de 1972 a 1985), puis a l'Universite de Rouen (de 1985 a 1991). Depuis 1969, A. Faivre dirige un seminaire a l'Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes (Section des Sciences Religieuses, Sorbonne), d'abord en tant que Charge de conferences (1967-1979), puis en tant que Directeur d'Etudes (il est titulaire de la Chaire Histoire des Courants esoteriques et mystiques dans l'Europe moderne et contemporaine, depuis 1979). Le present recueil vient tout naturellement rendre hommage au chercheur, qui a tant apporte a l'histoire critique de cette nouvelle specialite, mais aussi temoigner de la vitalite de celle-ci. Nombre de ses eleves, collegues et amis ont ainsi souhaite etre associes a cet hommage en lui offrant les quelque soixante et un articles (rediges en trois langues: francais, anglais et allemand) qui composent ce volume. Cinq parties principales regroupent les themes suivants: histoire de l'alchimie. Hermetisme. Kabbale (Partie I) ; Romantisme allemand. Naturphilosophie. Theosophie chretienne (Partie II); Franc-maconnerie, et societes initiatiques a caractere esoterique, comme le rosicrucisme (Partie III); Imagination, litterature et esoterisme, Imaginaire (Partie IV). Une cinquieme partie rassemble, d'une part, des etudes a caractere biographique (sur des auteurs comme Henry Corbin ou Gershom Scholem), et d'autre part, des reflexions d'ordre methodologique. Une Bibliographie des travaux publies par l'auteur (1960 a 2000), ainsi qu'un indispensable Index, completent utilement cet important ouvrage.
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042909557
Category : Religion
Languages : fr
Pages : 1466
Book Description
Ne en 1934, diplome de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1965), Docteur es-Lettres (1969), Antoine Faivre a ete Professeur de Langue et Litterature allemandes a l'Universite de Bordeaux III (de 1972 a 1985), puis a l'Universite de Rouen (de 1985 a 1991). Depuis 1969, A. Faivre dirige un seminaire a l'Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes (Section des Sciences Religieuses, Sorbonne), d'abord en tant que Charge de conferences (1967-1979), puis en tant que Directeur d'Etudes (il est titulaire de la Chaire Histoire des Courants esoteriques et mystiques dans l'Europe moderne et contemporaine, depuis 1979). Le present recueil vient tout naturellement rendre hommage au chercheur, qui a tant apporte a l'histoire critique de cette nouvelle specialite, mais aussi temoigner de la vitalite de celle-ci. Nombre de ses eleves, collegues et amis ont ainsi souhaite etre associes a cet hommage en lui offrant les quelque soixante et un articles (rediges en trois langues: francais, anglais et allemand) qui composent ce volume. Cinq parties principales regroupent les themes suivants: histoire de l'alchimie. Hermetisme. Kabbale (Partie I) ; Romantisme allemand. Naturphilosophie. Theosophie chretienne (Partie II); Franc-maconnerie, et societes initiatiques a caractere esoterique, comme le rosicrucisme (Partie III); Imagination, litterature et esoterisme, Imaginaire (Partie IV). Une cinquieme partie rassemble, d'une part, des etudes a caractere biographique (sur des auteurs comme Henry Corbin ou Gershom Scholem), et d'autre part, des reflexions d'ordre methodologique. Une Bibliographie des travaux publies par l'auteur (1960 a 2000), ainsi qu'un indispensable Index, completent utilement cet important ouvrage.
Thomas Vaughan and the Rosicrucian Revival in Britain
Author: Thomas Willard
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004519734
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Thomas Vaughan’s challenging books on alchemy, magic, and other esoterica make better sense in the context of the Rosicrucian ideas he introduced to English readers in the seventeenth century. This is the first scholarly book on his life, sources, writings, and subsequent influence.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004519734
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Thomas Vaughan’s challenging books on alchemy, magic, and other esoterica make better sense in the context of the Rosicrucian ideas he introduced to English readers in the seventeenth century. This is the first scholarly book on his life, sources, writings, and subsequent influence.
Esotericism and the Academy
Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196213
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196213
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.
Contemporary Esotericism
Author: Egil Asprem
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317543564
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The study of contemporary esoteric discourse has hitherto been a largely neglected part of the new academic field of Western esotericism. Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessment of the complex world of Western esoteric thought today. Combining historiographical analysis with theories and methodologies from the social sciences, the volume explores new problems and offers new possibilities for the study of esoterica. Contemporary Esotericism studies the period since the 1950s but focuses on the last two decades. The wide range of essays are divided into four thematic sections: the intricacies of esoteric appeals to tradition; the role of popular culture, modern communication technologies, and new media in contemporary esotericism; the impact and influence of esotericism on both religious and secular arenas; and the recent 'de-marginalization' of the esoteric in both scholarship and society.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317543564
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The study of contemporary esoteric discourse has hitherto been a largely neglected part of the new academic field of Western esotericism. Contemporary Esotericism provides a broad overview and assessment of the complex world of Western esoteric thought today. Combining historiographical analysis with theories and methodologies from the social sciences, the volume explores new problems and offers new possibilities for the study of esoterica. Contemporary Esotericism studies the period since the 1950s but focuses on the last two decades. The wide range of essays are divided into four thematic sections: the intricacies of esoteric appeals to tradition; the role of popular culture, modern communication technologies, and new media in contemporary esotericism; the impact and influence of esotericism on both religious and secular arenas; and the recent 'de-marginalization' of the esoteric in both scholarship and society.
Genealogies of Shamanism
Author: Jeroen W Boekhoven
Publisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 907792292X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Approaching shamanism -- 2 Eighteenth and nineteenth-century interpretations -- 3 Early twentieth-century American interpretations -- 4 Twentieth-century European constructions -- 5 The Bollingen connection, 1930s-1960s -- 6 Post-war American visions -- 7 The genesis of a field of shamanism, America 1960s-1990s -- 8 A Case Study: Shamanisms in the Netherlands -- 9 Struggles for power, charisma and authority: a balance -- Bibliography -- Index
Publisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 907792292X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Approaching shamanism -- 2 Eighteenth and nineteenth-century interpretations -- 3 Early twentieth-century American interpretations -- 4 Twentieth-century European constructions -- 5 The Bollingen connection, 1930s-1960s -- 6 Post-war American visions -- 7 The genesis of a field of shamanism, America 1960s-1990s -- 8 A Case Study: Shamanisms in the Netherlands -- 9 Struggles for power, charisma and authority: a balance -- Bibliography -- Index
L’adab, toujours recommencé
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004526358
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
The notion of adab is at the very heart of the Islamicate cultures. Born in the crucible of the Arabic and Persian civilisations of the Late Antiquity period, nourished by Greek, Syriac and Indian influences, this polysemic notion could cover a variegated range of meanings, ranging from good behaviour, good manners, etiquette, proper knowledge of the rules, to belles-lettres, and finally, literature. This volume addresses the notion of adab through four perspectives, which correspond to the four parts into which it is divided: “Origins”; “Transmissions”; “Metamorphosis” of the “Origins” and finally “Origins” through the lens of modernity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004526358
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
The notion of adab is at the very heart of the Islamicate cultures. Born in the crucible of the Arabic and Persian civilisations of the Late Antiquity period, nourished by Greek, Syriac and Indian influences, this polysemic notion could cover a variegated range of meanings, ranging from good behaviour, good manners, etiquette, proper knowledge of the rules, to belles-lettres, and finally, literature. This volume addresses the notion of adab through four perspectives, which correspond to the four parts into which it is divided: “Origins”; “Transmissions”; “Metamorphosis” of the “Origins” and finally “Origins” through the lens of modernity.
Angels of Desire
Author: Jay Johnston
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134937881
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions. This radical form of selfhood challenges the dualisms at the heart of Western discourse : mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other. 'Angels of Desire' explores the aesthetics and ethics of subtle bodies. What emerges is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality. The book examines the use of subtle bodies across a range of traditions, yogic, tantric, theosophical, hermetic and sufi. 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history and contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134937881
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions. This radical form of selfhood challenges the dualisms at the heart of Western discourse : mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other. 'Angels of Desire' explores the aesthetics and ethics of subtle bodies. What emerges is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality. The book examines the use of subtle bodies across a range of traditions, yogic, tantric, theosophical, hermetic and sufi. 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history and contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire.
Expecting the End
Author: Kenneth G. C. Newport
Publisher: Baylor University Press
ISBN: 1932792384
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Jesus' promise that "the end" draws near has spawned an expectation of that grand event across various religious groups. This volume examines the abiding social issues that surround the continued presence of apocalyptic anticipation by setting them in historical, present-day, and future manifestations. Approaching this fervent expectation from a broad perspective, Gribben and Newport explore the contemporary movements with insightful analysis that provokes discussion and even self-reflection.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
ISBN: 1932792384
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Jesus' promise that "the end" draws near has spawned an expectation of that grand event across various religious groups. This volume examines the abiding social issues that surround the continued presence of apocalyptic anticipation by setting them in historical, present-day, and future manifestations. Approaching this fervent expectation from a broad perspective, Gribben and Newport explore the contemporary movements with insightful analysis that provokes discussion and even self-reflection.
The Gnostic World
Author: Garry W. Trompf
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201841
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The Gnostic World is an outstanding guide to Gnosticism, written by a distinguished international team of experts to explore Gnostic movements from the distant past until today. These themes are examined across sixty-seven chapters in a variety of contexts, from the ancient pre-Christian to the contemporary. The volume considers the intersection of Gnosticism with Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Indic practices and beliefs, and also with new religious movements, such as Theosophy, Scientology, Western Sufism, and the Nation of Islam. This comprehensive handbook will be an invaluable resource for religious studies students, scholars, and researchers of Gnostic doctrine and history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317201841
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The Gnostic World is an outstanding guide to Gnosticism, written by a distinguished international team of experts to explore Gnostic movements from the distant past until today. These themes are examined across sixty-seven chapters in a variety of contexts, from the ancient pre-Christian to the contemporary. The volume considers the intersection of Gnosticism with Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Indic practices and beliefs, and also with new religious movements, such as Theosophy, Scientology, Western Sufism, and the Nation of Islam. This comprehensive handbook will be an invaluable resource for religious studies students, scholars, and researchers of Gnostic doctrine and history.
F. C. Baur's Synthesis of Böhme and Hegel
Author: Corneliu Simut
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004275215
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this book, Professor Simuț shows how Christian theology started to be understood as a Gnostic philosophy of religion in the thought of the 19th-century scholar F. C. Baur. Although Baur was seen traditionally as a theologian and biblical exegete, Simuț argues that he was in fact a philosopher of religion, and it was his philosophical reading of Christian theology that informed his biblical preoccupations. Specifically, Baur’s perspective on Christian theology was heavily influenced by Jakob Böhme’s esoteric theosophy and Hegel’s religious philosophy in some key issues such as creation, Lucifer, dualism and the connection between spirit and matter coupled with that between philosophy and religion.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004275215
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this book, Professor Simuț shows how Christian theology started to be understood as a Gnostic philosophy of religion in the thought of the 19th-century scholar F. C. Baur. Although Baur was seen traditionally as a theologian and biblical exegete, Simuț argues that he was in fact a philosopher of religion, and it was his philosophical reading of Christian theology that informed his biblical preoccupations. Specifically, Baur’s perspective on Christian theology was heavily influenced by Jakob Böhme’s esoteric theosophy and Hegel’s religious philosophy in some key issues such as creation, Lucifer, dualism and the connection between spirit and matter coupled with that between philosophy and religion.