From rumors about gnostic orgies in antiquity to the explicit
erotic symbolism of alchemical texts, from the subtly coded
eroticism of medieval kabbalah to the sexual magic practiced by
contemporary occultists and countercultural translations of Asian
Tantra, the history of Western esotericism is rich in references to
the domains of eros and sexuality. This volume, which brings
together an impressive array of top-level specialists, is the first
to analyze the eroticism of the esoteric without sensationalism or
cheap generalizations, but on the basis of expert scholarship and
attention to textual and historical detail. While there are few
domains where the imagination may so easily run wild, the various
contributions seek to distinguish fact from fiction-only to find
that historical realities are sometimes even stranger than the
fantasies. In doing so, they reveal the outlines of a largely
unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.
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