3 papers in the library · 39 citations · publishing 1994-2010
Aries 2010 Antoine Faivre 4 citations
Book Reviews / ARIES . () – © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, DOI: 10.1163/156798910X520647 Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, The Western Esoteric Traditions : A Historical Intro- duction , Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press . pp. and illustrations. ISBN ----. This is not the first book devoted to a comprehensive presentation of the subject, but among...
Numen 1995 Karen-Claire Voss, Antoine Faivre 33 citations
Abstract The term “esotericism” refers here to the modern esoteric currents in the West (15th to 20th centuries), i.e. to a diverse group of works, authors, trends, which possess an “air de famille” and which must be studied as a part of the history of religions because of the specific form it has acquired in the West from the Renaissance on. This field is comprised of currents like: alchemy...
Presses universitaires de Lyon eBooks 1994 Antoine Faivre 2 citations
Universities and research institutions have become increasingly open to exploring areas which up until recent times have been neglected. One of these is Modern (i.e. since the Renaissance) Western Esotericism, which encompasses, on the one hand, « traditionnal » sciences like alchemy, astrology, magic, arithmology, and the other hand a number of currents like Christian Kabbala, neo-alexandrian...