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The Academic Study of Western Esotericism - Early Developments and Related Fields (Paperback)
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This first volume in the Introduction Series to Western Esotericism
serves as a handbook for students and scholars who seek a better
understanding of the academic treatment of central ideas and theses
concerning mysticism, the hermetic tradition, traditionalism, the
occult, Gnosticism, magic, Kabbalah, and related currents. In The
Academic Study of Western Esotericism: Early Developments and
Related Fields, Dr. Rudbog outlines the main theoretical
developments relevant to the academic study of Western esotericism
as they emerged prior to Antoine Faivre s foundational model of
Western esotericism as a form of thought first formulated in 1992.
Preceding the burgeoning growth of the field in the last two
decades of the twentieth century, several specialized academic
subjects relevant to the discipline had already been well
researched and some had even been established as academic
categories with their own methodology and specific areas of
research. These earlier developments form the basis of this book
and will be explored in eight chapters dealing with: 1. the occult
revival from 1800 to 1950 2. the sociology of the occult 3. the
traditionalists and perennial philosophy 4. the academic study of
magic and religion 5. the history of science and the hermetic
tradition 6. studies in mysticism 7. the academic study of Kabbalah
8. studies in Gnosticism and gnosis More recent academic
developments, including Faivre s typology, will be covered in
subsequent volumes of the series.
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Dr. Tim Rudbog holds an MA research degree in the History of
Religion with Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen (thesis:
Constructing Kabbalah: From Mysticism to Western Esotericism) and
has recently received his PhD from the University of Exeter
(thesis: H. P. Blavatsky s Theosophy in Context: The Construction
of Meaning in Modern Western Esotericism). Dr. Rudbog lectures on
and has published several articles related to esotericism,
philosophy and the history of religion and has a long-standing
interest in these interrelated fields. Dr. Rudbog is also
internationally known as a specialist in rare occult books and the
proprietor of H.E.R.M.E.S. Antiquarian.
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