An introduction to western esotericism: essays in the hidden meaning of literature, groups, and games
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Abstract / Description
This work functions as an introductory text for those new to the discipline, but also presents more advanced-level studies of literary works that will appeal to a more specific critical audience. The interdisciplinary diversity of the work enhances the presentation of certain hitherto unexplored academic vistas of Western Esotericism. This book contains thirty black and white photographs.
Keywords
Western esotericism, Fascination, Ritualistic initiation, Creative turmoil, Chaos, Cosmos, Imagination, Structure
Table of Contents
Foreword by David Grandy --------------------------------------------------------------------- i
Acknowledgements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ iii
Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
1. “A Vague Feeling of Fascination”: Western Esotericism and introductory-level scholarship
2. The Legacy of Jean-Paul Corsetti: Western Esotericism and the Eurydice of lost scholarship
3. Antoine Faivre to the Dark Tower Came: Robert Browning’s Childe Roland as examined by means of a Western Esotericist paradigm
4. Versluis and Faivre Play Cupid: Creatively esoteric aspects of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
5. The Epsilon-Sigma Caduceus: The Mantegna tarocchi as a book of ritual for Kappa Sigma
6. The Sola-Busca Sundial: A Renaissance tarot deck as a mutus liber of ritualistic initiation
Bibliography --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 135
Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 147
Publication Date
2008
Faculty / School
Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)
Department
Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Was this content written or created while at IBA?
Yes
Recommended Citation
Chishty-Mujahid, N. Q. (2008). An introduction to western esotericism: essays in the hidden meaning of literature, groups, and games. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-books/33
