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