Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner TraditionsQuest Books, 2012 M12 13 - 430 páginas Contemporary seekers on the hunt for an overview of the Western mystery traditions often face a small selection of dense, out-of-date tomes. Alternatively, Hidden Wisdom is a fresh, coherent, and accessible work that expounds many of the teachings of Western esotericism, examining its key figures and movements. |
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... Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions. His other works include Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition; Forbidden Faith: The Gnostic Legacy from the Gospels to “The Da Vinci Code”; and The Essential Nostradamus ...
... Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions. His other works include Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition; Forbidden Faith: The Gnostic Legacy from the Gospels to “The Da Vinci Code”; and The Essential Nostradamus ...
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... Gnosis and Western Esotericism, published in 2005, is perhaps the crowning achievement of this effort so far. And yet I find myself ambivalent about the academic discovery of esotericism. Purely academic studies certainly have enormous ...
... Gnosis and Western Esotericism, published in 2005, is perhaps the crowning achievement of this effort so far. And yet I find myself ambivalent about the academic discovery of esotericism. Purely academic studies certainly have enormous ...
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... gnosis. Gnosis is Greek for “knowledge,” but it is knowledge of a very specific kind, neither “knowing about” nor “knowing how.” Rather it is something more direct, more immediate, “when not so much as a thought comes between you and ...
... gnosis. Gnosis is Greek for “knowledge,” but it is knowledge of a very specific kind, neither “knowing about” nor “knowing how.” Rather it is something more direct, more immediate, “when not so much as a thought comes between you and ...
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... gnosis. The notion of Western esoteric traditions is a comparatively new one. To Westerners a few centuries ago, the term would have been meaningless. For religious believers, the world was rigidly divided into two spheres: Christendom ...
... gnosis. The notion of Western esoteric traditions is a comparatively new one. To Westerners a few centuries ago, the term would have been meaningless. For religious believers, the world was rigidly divided into two spheres: Christendom ...
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... GNOSIS. Gnosticism derives its name from gnosis, the Greek word denoting experiential knowledge, usually referring to an inner knowledge of God or spiritual matters. In contrast to the agnostic's assertion that God or divine reality is ...
... GNOSIS. Gnosticism derives its name from gnosis, the Greek word denoting experiential knowledge, usually referring to an inner knowledge of God or spiritual matters. In contrast to the agnostic's assertion that God or divine reality is ...
Contenido
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A LADDER BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH THE KABBALAH | 75 |
MAGICIANS SCULPTORS OF THE ASTRAL LIGHT | 101 |
THE RETURN OF THE PAGANS WITCHCRAFT AND NEOPAGANISM | 127 |
SHAMANS TECHNICIANS OF ECSTASY | 157 |
THE GOLD OF THE PHILOSOPHERS ALCHEMY AND HERMETICISM | 183 |
SUFISM THE POLES OF LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE | 233 |
THE RUMOR OF THE BROTHERHOOD SECRET SOCIETIES AND HIDDEN MASTERS | 253 |
THE ETERNAL NEW AGE | 283 |
AFTERWORD | 311 |
NOTES | 315 |
2 Corbin p 18 et passim | 348 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 353 |
INDEX | 377 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions Richard Smoley,Jay Kinney Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions Richard Smoley,Jay Kinney Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
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