Analyzing contemporary New Age beliefs, this work argues that the foundations of such beliefs lie in the Western esoteric traditions of the Renaissance. The modern New Age movement is seen as having emerged from the secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. the author makes extensive use of primary sources...more details Format:hardback Pages:624
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Wouter J Hanegraaff
ISBN:9789004106963
Analyzing contemporary New Age beliefs, this work argues that the foundations of such beliefs lie in the Western esoteric traditions of the Renaissance. The modern New Age movement is seen as having emerged from the secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. the author makes extensive use of primary sources...more details Format:Paperback Pages:580
NOW AVAILABLE IN ONE VOLUME This is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of "Gnosis and Western Esotericism" from the period of Late Antiquity to the present. Containing around 400 articles by over 180 international specialists...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:1228
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Wouter J Hanegraaff
ISBN:9789004141872
This is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of "Gnosis and Western Esotericism" from Late Antiquity to the present. It contains critical discussions of all its major authors...more details Format:Book Pages:1258
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Ria Kloppenborg;Wouter J Hanegraaff
ISBN:9789004102903
This volume contains a collection of studies describing and analyzing stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:261
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Roelof Van Den Broek;Roelof Hanegraaff Wouter JVan Den Broek
ISBN:9780791436127
This volume introduces what has sometimes been called "the third component of western culture". It traces the historical development of those religious traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure rationality or doctrinal faith...more details Format:Paperback Pages:402
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Wouter J Hanegraaff
ISBN:9789048510597
Shows how the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (GHF) at the University of Amsterdam has developed into the leading international center for research and teaching in this domain....more details Format:Electronic book text Pages:168
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Wouter Hanegraaff
ISBN:9789056295721
"Hermes in the Academy" commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and related Currents (GHF) at the University of Amsterdam. The center devotes itself to the study of Western esotericism...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:164
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Wouter Hanegraaff
ISBN:9780823233410
From rumors 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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:544
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Wouter J Hanegraaff
ISBN:9780791438541
Sales restricted to North America paperback only due to co-publication agreement with Koninklijke Brill NV. Brill retains the cloth rights in all remaining countries...more details Format:Paperback Pages:580
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Wouter J Hanegraaff;Inge Jonsson
ISBN:9780877853213
Wouter Hanegraaff, Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, provides a scholarly, historical and contextual companion piece to the New Century Edition work...more details Format:Paperback Pages:170