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Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times

Broek Roelof van den Hanegraaff Wouter J.
Heftet / 1997 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780791436127
Publisert
1997-11-13
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
526 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Antall sider
432

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Broek Roelof van den
Hanegraaff Wouter J.

Om bidragsyterne

Roelof van den Broek is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has also written The Myth of the Phoenix: According to Classical and Early Christian Traditions and Studies in Gnosticism and Alexandrian Christianity. Also at the University of Utrecht, Wouter J. Hanegraaff is a Research Fellow in the Study of Religions. He is the author of New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought.

Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times

Broek Roelof van den Hanegraaff Wouter J.
Heftet / 1997 / Engelsk
Broek Roelof van den Hanegraaff Wouter J.
Heftet / 1997 / Engelsk
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"This collection presents in a clear and concise way a series of critical distinctions that collectively map the field: Hermetism, Gnosticism, gnosis, Manichaeism, Hermeticism, Catharism, Esotericism, Romanticism, and the New Age. These often confused and misperceived phenomena have been delineated crisply, in a way that permits this collection to serve nicely as a general introduction to the field. This book articulates a new standard of precision and clarity." -- Dan Merkur, author of Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions<br /><br />"This work meets the current demand for scholarly, empirico-historical research in what the editors rightly denominate the 'third current' (the others are biblical faith and Greek rationality) of Occidental thought, i.e., Western Esotericism."-- Ralph Slotten, Dickinson College

This volume introduces what has sometimes been called "the third component of western culture." It traces the historical development of those religious traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure rationality or doctrinal faith, emphasizing instead the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis: a revelatory experience which was typically believed to entail an encounter with one's true self as well as with the ground of being, God.The contributors to this book demonstrate this perspective as fundamental to a variety of interconnected traditions. In Antiquity, one finds the gnostics and hermetics; in the Middle Ages several Christian sects. The medieval Cathars can, to a certain extent, be considered part of the same tradition. Starting with the Italian humanist Renaissance, hermetic philosophy became of central importance to a new religious synthesis that can be referred to as Western Esotericism." The development of this tradition is described from Renaissance hermeticists and practitioners of spiritual alchemy to the emergence of Rosicrucianism and Christian theosophy in the seventeenth century, and from post-enlightenment aspects of Romanticism and occultism to the present-day New Age movement.
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Traces the historical development of Western Esotericism--religious traditions which emphasize the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis.
Preface 1 Gnosticism and Hermetism in Antiquity: Two Roads to Salvation Roelofvan den Broek 2 Gnostic and Hermetic Ethics Jean Pierre Mahé 3 Manichaeism: Its Sources and Influences on Western Christianity Johannes van Oort 4 A Christian Gnostic Text: The Gospel of Truth Jan Helderman 5 The Asclepius: From the Hermetic Lodge in Alexandria to the Greek Eucharist and the Roman Mass Gilles Quispel 6 A Reading of the Discourse on the Ogdoad and the Ennead (Nag Hammadi Codex VI.6) Jean Pierre Mahé 7 The Cathars: Medieval Gnostics? Roelof van den Broek 8 Renaissance Hermeticism and the Concept of Western Esotericism Antoine Faivre 9 Francesco Patrizi's Hermetic Philosophy Cees Leijenhorst 10 Spiritual Alchemy: Interpreting Representative Texts and Images Karen Claire Voss 11 Music and the Hermetic Tradition Joscelyn Godwin 12 Hermeticism in Early Rosicrucianism Roland Edighoffer 13 Christian Theosophic Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Arthur Versluis 14 Romanticism and the Esoteric Connection Wouter J. Hanegraaff 15 William Blake and His Gnostic Myths Jos van Meurs 16 Western Esoteric Schools in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Daniël van Egmond 17 Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Gnosticism Joscelyn Godwin 18 The New Age Movement and the Esoteric Tradition Wouter J. Hanegraaff List of Contributors Indexes
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"This collection presents in a clear and concise way a series of critical distinctions that collectively map the field: Hermetism, Gnosticism, gnosis, Manichaeism, Hermeticism, Catharism, Esotericism, Romanticism, and the New Age. These often confused and misperceived phenomena have been delineated crisply, in a way that permits this collection to serve nicely as a general introduction to the field. This book articulates a new standard of precision and clarity." -- Dan Merkur, author of Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions<br /><br />"This work meets the current demand for scholarly, empirico-historical research in what the editors rightly denominate the 'third current' (the others are biblical faith and Greek rationality) of Occidental thought, i.e., Western Esotericism."-- Ralph Slotten, Dickinson College

This volume introduces what has sometimes been called "the third component of western culture." It traces the historical development of those religious traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure rationality or doctrinal faith, emphasizing instead the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis: a revelatory experience which was typically believed to entail an encounter with one's true self as well as with the ground of being, God.The contributors to this book demonstrate this perspective as fundamental to a variety of interconnected traditions. In Antiquity, one finds the gnostics and hermetics; in the Middle Ages several Christian sects. The medieval Cathars can, to a certain extent, be considered part of the same tradition. Starting with the Italian humanist Renaissance, hermetic philosophy became of central importance to a new religious synthesis that can be referred to as Western Esotericism." The development of this tradition is described from Renaissance hermeticists and practitioners of spiritual alchemy to the emergence of Rosicrucianism and Christian theosophy in the seventeenth century, and from post-enlightenment aspects of Romanticism and occultism to the present-day New Age movement.
Les mer
Traces the historical development of Western Esotericism--religious traditions which emphasize the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis.
Preface 1 Gnosticism and Hermetism in Antiquity: Two Roads to Salvation Roelofvan den Broek 2 Gnostic and Hermetic Ethics Jean Pierre Mahé 3 Manichaeism: Its Sources and Influences on Western Christianity Johannes van Oort 4 A Christian Gnostic Text: The Gospel of Truth Jan Helderman 5 The Asclepius: From the Hermetic Lodge in Alexandria to the Greek Eucharist and the Roman Mass Gilles Quispel 6 A Reading of the Discourse on the Ogdoad and the Ennead (Nag Hammadi Codex VI.6) Jean Pierre Mahé 7 The Cathars: Medieval Gnostics? Roelof van den Broek 8 Renaissance Hermeticism and the Concept of Western Esotericism Antoine Faivre 9 Francesco Patrizi's Hermetic Philosophy Cees Leijenhorst 10 Spiritual Alchemy: Interpreting Representative Texts and Images Karen Claire Voss 11 Music and the Hermetic Tradition Joscelyn Godwin 12 Hermeticism in Early Rosicrucianism Roland Edighoffer 13 Christian Theosophic Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Arthur Versluis 14 Romanticism and the Esoteric Connection Wouter J. Hanegraaff 15 William Blake and His Gnostic Myths Jos van Meurs 16 Western Esoteric Schools in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Daniël van Egmond 17 Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Gnosticism Joscelyn Godwin 18 The New Age Movement and the Esoteric Tradition Wouter J. Hanegraaff List of Contributors Indexes
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780791436127
Publisert
1997-11-13
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
526 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Redaktør
Broek Roelof van den
Hanegraaff Wouter J.

Om bidragsyterne

Roelof van den Broek is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has also written The Myth of the Phoenix: According to Classical and Early Christian Traditions and Studies in Gnosticism and Alexandrian Christianity. Also at the University of Utrecht, Wouter J. Hanegraaff is a Research Fellow in the Study of Religions. He is the author of New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought.

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