The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction

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 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 those that are not just small guides, it is probably the best—and the most helpful for students. The author is professor of “Western Esotericism” at the University of Exeter, and well-known for his many works bearing on that academic specialty. ‘Traditions’, in