THE ELOQUENT BLOOD: THE GODDESS BABALON AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMININITIES IN WESTERN ESOTERICISM. By Manon HedenborgWhite. Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. xii + 374. Hardback $105.00.
Religious Studies Review September 1, 2022 Manon Hedenborg
In recent decades, the study of new religious movements and contemporary forms of esotericism evolved to become an important aspect within the study of religion.1 This is all the more true when we add gender to the mix. Indeed, as argued by Ursula King, “without the incisive, critical application of the category of gender it is no longer possible to accurately describe, analyze or explain any...