Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present

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• ISBN 10: 3030679063
• ISBN 13: 9783030679064
• Author:  Georgiana D. Hedesan, Tim Rudbøg

This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts in order to respond to a present context. Featuring contributions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism.

Table of contents:

1. 1. Introduction: Reconceptualizing Innovation and Its Role in Esotericism
2. 2. Diligentia et divina sorte: Oracular Intelligence in Marsilio Ficino’s Astral Magic
3. 3. The Transformation of the Notion of “Adept”: From Medieval Arabic Philosophy to Early Modern Alchemy
4. 4. A Necessary Conjunction: Cabala, Magic, and Alchemy in the Theosophy of Heinrich Khunrath (1560–1605)
5. 5. The Rosicrucian Diaspora in the Seventeenth Century
6. 6. John Henderson (1757–1788) and Changing Attitudes to the Occult in Enlightenment England
7. 7. Psychic Disciplines: The Magnetizer as Magician in the Writings of Jules Dupotet de Sennevoy (1796–1881)
8. 8. H. P. Blavatsky’s “Wisdom-Religion” and the Quest for Ancient Wisdom in Western Culture
9. 9. Orientalist Aggregates: Theosophical Buddhism Between Innovation and Tradition
10. 10. Theosophical Chronology in the Writings of Guido von List (1848–1919): A Link Between H.P. Blavatsky’s Philosophy and the Nazi Movement
11. 11. The Esoteric Roots of the Iranian Revolution: The “Wardenship of the Jurist” Through the Metanomian Shi’a of Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–1989)
12. 12. Reflections on the Various Uses of Tarot

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