The Cosmic Movement : sources, contexts, impact / edited by Julie Chajes and Boaz Huss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chajes, Julie, editor.

Huss, Boaz, editor.

Series:

Sifriyat Goldshṭain-Goren be-maḥshevet Yiśraʼel ; pirsum mis. 27.

The Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought ; publication no. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theon, Eliezer Mordehai, 1848-1927.

Theon, Eliezer Mordehai.

Occultism--History--20th century.

Occultism.

Mysticism--History--20th century.

Mysticism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

550 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Beer Sheva : Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, [2020]

Contents:

Introduction - the Cosmic Movement : sources, contexts, impacts / Julie Chajes and Boaz Huss

I. The origins and early history of the Cosmic Movement and its founders. "Our habit should not do such things!" Teresa's early life at Claydon / Julie Chajes

Zanoni's daughters: fin de siècle fictions of female initiation / Christine Ferguson

The cosmic tradition, F.-Ch. Barlet and Alberto de Sarak : the lure of the con-man mage / John Patrick Deveney

II. The Cosmic Movement and teachings of Max Théon and Mary Ware. The reception of ritual magic in Max Théon's circles / Gal Sofer

Cosmic philosophy and the Kabbalah / Boaz Huss

Max Théon's cosmic philosophy of numbers / Jean Pierre Brach

Numbers and cosmos in the cosmic philosophy / Christian Chanel

III. The offshoots and later development of the Cosmic Movement. From mystical Russia to the Eurasian homeland : Marc Séménoff and the Cosmic Movement / Michele Olzi

Miloš Maixner (1873-1937) and the Cosmic Movement in the context of Czechoslovak hermeticism / Helena Čapková

Cosmic Hasidism : Les merveilles du Becht by Pascal Thémanlys / Jonatan Meir

Fidélité et erreurs : Louise Duban and her contribution to our understanding of the history of the Cosmic Movement / Asher Binyamin

Branches of the cosmic river / Hana Ewa Raziel

IV. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Mirra and Paul Richard in Japan : why is their mystery still unsolved? / Toshio Akai

The role of "the hostiles" in the cosmic philosophy and in the integral yoga / Peter Heehs

Sri Aurobindo : translator of the ineffable / Daniel Raveh

"I read Sri Aurobindo to find some light in our difficult days," Hugo Bergman's encounter with India, Aurobindo, and the Mother / Shimon Lev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"This volume is the first-ever book-length publication devoted to the Cosmic Movement, a mysterious esoteric organization that was active in the early-twentieth century and which spawned movements that are still active today. The book includes sixteen chapters that cover the origins, history, contexts, doctrines, practices, and offshoots of the movement, detailing the lives, literary output, and teachings of the movement's founders, Max Théon and Mary Ware, as well as its later developments and derivatives, which include the celebrated integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa"--Back cover.

"This volume is based on the lectures that were delivered as part of a workshop held at the Ben-Gurion University of the Nagev in March 2017"--Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

9789655363197

9655363198

OCLC:

1260656527