Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present

Tim Rudbøg

ISBN 10: 3030679055 / ISBN 13: 9783030679057

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer International Publishing, 2021

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts in order to respond to a present context. Featuring contributions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030679055
• ISBN 13: 9783030679057
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 25D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 583 grams

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Synopsis

This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts in order to respond to a present context. Featuring contributions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism.

About the Author

Georgiana D. Hedesan is Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of An Alchemical Quest for Universal Knowledge: The ‘Christian Philosophy’ of Jan Baptist Van Helmont (1579-1644) (2016).

 

Tim Rudbøg is Associate Professor and Director of the Copenhagen Center for the Study of Theosophy and Esotericism at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His recent co-edited book Imagining the East: The Early Theosophical Society was published in 2020.