The western esoteric traditions
Subtitle: a historical introduction
By: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195320992
Subjects: Occultism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ancient hellenistic sources of western esotericism; title: Italian Renaissance magic and Kabbalah; title: Planetary and angel magic in the Renaissance; title: Alchemy, Paracelsus and German naturphilosophie; title: Jacob Boehme and theosophy; title: Rosicrucianism; title: High-grade freemasonry and illuminism in the 18th century; title: Emanuel Swedenborg; title: Mesmerism and spiritualism; title: Ritual magic from 1850 to the present; title: Helena Blavatsky and the theosophical society; title: Modern esotericism and new paradigms.