Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition: Studies in Western EsotericismNot only does this book present the current state of research in esotericism, but it also explores three main aspects of the field from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Previously published in French and now available in English for the first time, Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition traces the history of the theosophical current, its continuity and shifts, against the background of social and cultural events. The book also covers the Paracelsian course, the romantic Philosophies of Nature and the Occultist movement. The book provides glimpses into the notions and practices of the so-called "active" and "creative" imagination, and questions how they serve as a bridge into certain kinds of mystical experience. It also examines the place that the notion of "tradition" occupies in some major exponents of western esotericism. |
Contents
The Birth and the First Golden Age of the Theosophical Current | 5 |
The Transitional Period First Half of the Eighteenth Century | 15 |
Effacement and Permanence End of the Nineteenth | 26 |
THEOSOPHY AND SPECULATIVE MYSTICISM | 49 |
THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS 1614 1615 | 84 |
THEOSOPHICAL POINTS OF VIEW | 87 |
VIS IMAGINATIVA A STUDY OF SOME ASPECTS | 99 |
THOUGHTS OF GOD IMAGES OF | 137 |
AND THE WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITION | 171 |
The Manifestos Between the Old and the New | 180 |
Perspectives | 186 |
Christian Hermeticism and Traditions | 195 |
Nature Philosophy and Anthropology | 208 |
Regrets and Queries | 223 |
RAYMOND ABELLIO AND THE WESTERN | 229 |
Esotericism and Modernity | 235 |
Mirrors and Engendering in Franz von Baader | 143 |
FROM THE DIVINE FIGURE TO | 153 |
Perspectives | 161 |
Perspectives | 245 |
General works | 249 |
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Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition: Studies in Western Esotericism Antoine Faivre No preview available - 2000 |
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