ON MIRRORS, GNOSIS AND CRITICAL RELIGIOUS STUDIES. SOME REFLECTIONS ON WOUTER HANEGRAAFF’S BOOK ON ANCIENT HERMETICISM
Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion 2025 P. G. Nosachev
The paper offers critical reflections on the project of redefining the principles of religious and cultural studies proposed by Wouter Hanegraaff as part of his project of discovery of Western esotericism. The ideas of Hanegraaff’s most recent book “Hermetic Spirituality and Historical Imagination: Alternative States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity” are taken as a starting point. It is shown...