Within religion, spirituality and esotericism aspects of concealment and revelation are a recurring theme. This thematic issue brings together articles developed from papers presented at the summer school and conference Religion: Concealed and Revealed, organized in Turku in June 2025. The articles adopt both historical and contemporary viewpoints, highlighting concealment as a way of survival,...
The study of Western esoteric traditions and practices has been a growing research field since the 1990s. This thematic issue aims at opening this field particularly in the context of Finnish cultural history, although the articles cover also other parts of the long tradition of Western esotericism in the history of Europe.