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 /

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 /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Occultism. Occultism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12318397

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Varying Form of Title:	Thirty questions about western esotericism
Other authors / contributors:	Hanegraaff, Wouter J., editor. Forshaw, Peter J., editor. Pasi, Marco, editor.
ISBN:	9789463720205 9463720200 9789048542857
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-304) and indexes.
Summary:	"Few fields of academic research are surrounded by so many misunderstandings and misconceptions as the study of Western esotericism. For twenty years now, the Centre for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (University of Amsterdam) has been at the forefront of international scholarship in this domain. This anniversary volume seeks to make the modern study of Western esotericism more widely known beyond specialist circles, while addressing a range of misconceptions, biases, and prejudices that still tend to surround it. Thirty-one major scholars in the field respond to questions about a wide range of unfamiliar ideas, traditions, practices, problems, and personalities that are central to the field. By challenging many taken-for-granted assumptions about religion, science, philosophy, and the arts, this volume demonstrates why the modern study of esotericism leads us to reconsider much that we thought we knew about the story of Western culture" --Back cover.

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Call Number:	BF1411 .H47 2019
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