The Western esoteric traditions [electronic resource] : a historical introduction / by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Author: Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : illustrations, portraits

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Summary

This introduction to the Western esoteric traditions offers a concise overview of their historical development. The author explores these traditions, from their roots in Hermeticism Neo-Platonism, and Gnosticism in the early Christian era up to their reverberations in modern day's scientific paradigms.

Subject(s)

Occultism

ISBN

9780199852062 (ebook)
0199852065 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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