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Libra Esoterica

Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge

by Kocku von Stuckrad

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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Preface I. Introduction: What is Esotericism? II. Ancient Esotericism III. Understanding the Hidden from the Revealed: Kabbalah IV. Re-Inventing Antiquity V. Esotericism in the Confessional Age VI. Esotericism, Enlightenment, and Science VII. Institutionalized Esotericism: Secret Societies VIII. Preparing the Path to Modern Esotericism: The Theosophical Society IX. Esotericism and Modernity

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “esotericism”. Retained metadata contains “Esotericism” in the title, “Esotericism” in the description, and “Esotericism” in the edition title.

    • “esotericism”· via OpenAlex
    • “Esotericism”· in title
    • “Esotericism”· in description
    • “Esotericism”· in edition title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the description and “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata.

    • “Kabbalah”· in description
    • “Kabbalah”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “theosophical” in the description and “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· via OpenAlex
    • “theosophical”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the description.

    • “secret societies”· via OpenAlex
    • “Secret societies”· in description
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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Editions

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

2005-10-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglish—Unknown

Subjects

22 subject headings

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