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Restoring paradise : Western esotericism, literature, art, and consciousness / Arthur Versluis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Versluis, Arthur, 1959-
Series:
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Occultism--History.
Occultism.
Occultism in literature.
Occultism in art.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (197 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Explores European and American esoteric traditions as reflected in literature and in art.
Contents:
Intro
Restoring Paradise
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Initiatory Transmission and the Imagination
WHAT IS ESOTERIC?
INITIATORY TRANSMISSION AND WESTERN ESOTERICISM
THE ESOTERIC IMAGINATION
1. Origins
ALCHEMY OF THE WORD
THE FIELD OF THE IMAGINATION
THE RED THREAD OF GNOSIS
CONCLUSIONS
2. Historical Currents
DIVINE SERVICE: CHIVALRY AND THE TROUBADOURS
BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS: JEWISH KABBALISM
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF EARTH: ALCHEMICAL LITERATURE
THE DIVINE SCIENCE: THEOSOPHIC, PANSOPHIC, ROSICRUCIAN, AND MASONIC LITERATURE
3. Modern Implications
PROSPERO'S WAND: MODERN ESOTERIC LITERATURE
THE WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
LITERATURE, ART, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Notes
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
INDEX
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.
ISBN:
9780791484852
0791484858
9781423739531
1423739531
OCLC:
62757328

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