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Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present

Part of the Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities Book Series

Editors: Hedesan, Georgiana D.; Rudbøg, Tim

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67906-4

ISBN: 978-3-030-67905-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 11, 2021

1 - 10 of 12 Chapters

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Introduction: Reconceptualizing Innovation and Its Role in Esotericism

Hedesan, Georgiana D.; Rudbøg, Tim

Pages: 1 –31

[Despite claims of representing an ancient, unchanging wisdom, esoteric movements have often constructed their traditions and adapted to various historical contexts. In view of existing scholarship, we argue that “innovation” can be a useful heuristic tool for understanding the historical changes...
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Diligentia et divina sorte: Oracular Intelligence in Marsilio Ficino’s Astral Magic

Voss, Angela

Pages: 33 –62

[This chapter discusses the Florentine thinker Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), who is usually credited for his attempt to revive the Platonic tradition and introduce esoteric forms of knowledge, such as natural magic, into intellectual discourse. Yet narratives of Ficino often describe him as...
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The Transformation of the Notion of “Adept”: From Medieval Arabic Philosophy to Early Modern Alchemy

Hedesan, Georgiana D.

Pages: 63 –95

[This chapter discusses the origins and development of a widely used term in esotericism: that of the “adept.” The terminology originated in medieval Arabic philosophy, mainly in Al Farabi, Averroes, and Avicenna, who used the term intellectus adeptus (“acquired intellect”) to denote a mind...
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A Necessary Conjunction: Cabala, Magic, and Alchemy in the Theosophy of Heinrich Khunrath (1560–1605)

Forshaw, Peter J.

Pages: 97 –133

[Heinrich Khunrath’s 1609 Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae (Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom) was the first published work that described itself as “Christian Kabbalist.” Khunrath was a highly innovative thinker who claimed that supreme wisdom was achieved through the conjunction of Cabala, magic,...
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The Rosicrucian Diaspora in the Seventeenth Century

McIntosh, Christopher

Pages: 135 –154

[The Rosicrucian manifestos (1614–1615) introduced an innovative concept to both esotericism and the European culture: the existence of a secret organization that pursued the advancement of knowledge and spirituality in view of a coming new age. This chapter discusses the aftermath of the...
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John Henderson (1757–1788) and Changing Attitudes to the Occult in Enlightenment England

Barry, Jonathan

Pages: 155 –183

[John Henderson (1757–1788), an Englishman of great but controversial intellectual promise, attracted considerable attention both during his life and after his untimely death. Henderson appears as an anomaly in the context of Enlightenment England: an individual highly interested in the type of...
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Psychic Disciplines: The Magnetizer as Magician in the Writings of Jules Dupotet de Sennevoy (1796–1881)

Brach, Jean-Pierre

Pages: 185 –200

[Brach’s chapter centers on a movement that claimed to be profoundly innovative: Mesmerism. Its founder, Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), maintained that his medical approach was completely new, scientific and drawn on the “discovery” of the Mesmeric fluid. In the early nineteenth century, as Mesmerism...
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H. P. Blavatsky’s “Wisdom-Religion” and the Quest for Ancient Wisdom in Western Culture

Rudbøg, Tim

Pages: 201 –228

[Rudbøg’s chapter analyzes and contextualizes Blavatsky’s innovative concept of a “Wisdom-Religion,” the original unity of all religions, which was central to her conceptualization of Theosophy. Rudbøg outlines how notions of ancient wisdom or the so-called ancient wisdom narrative has changed...
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Orientalist Aggregates: Theosophical Buddhism Between Innovation and Tradition

Chajes, Julie

Pages: 229 –254

[Chajes’s chapter draws attention to the complexity that characterizes the encounter between traditions, and encourages the reader to reconsider the boundaries of innovation and tradition. Chajes discusses what seems to be a case of the Buddhist tradition encountering, and rejecting, a...
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Theosophical Chronology in the Writings of Guido von List (1848–1919): A Link Between H.P. Blavatsky’s Philosophy and the Nazi Movement

Lavoie, Jeffrey D.

Pages: 255 –279

[Lavoie’s contribution discusses Austrian writer Guido von List’s (1848–1919) innovation on Blavatsky’s philosophy of time and shows how esoteric ideas were transformed in the first half of the twentieth century. List appropriated Blavatsky’s concepts of root races, cyclical time, and...

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