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Stoicism is very much in vogue from tech to the military but it may also lay at the very origins of Western Esotericism. Much of the theory of western occul

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Overwhelmingly known for their rationalism, materialism and famous for the notion of apatheia or the extinction of the pathe or passions or emotions, Stoicism contributed three quintessential elements to the development of western occultism: (1) ancient, sagely proximity to divine wisdom (perennialism and prisca theologia), (2) the concealment

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Faivre has since been cited as being responsible for developing the study of Western esotericism into a formalised field. Faivre noted two significant obstacles to establishing the field. One was an ingrained prejudice toward esotericism within academia, resulting in the widespread perception that its history is unworthy of academic research.

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Abstract. This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the history of Western esotericism. This book offers an overview of the main movements, currents, and figures of these traditions from late antiquity to the 20th century. It examines the ancient Hellenistic sources of Western esotericism, the Italian

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The purpose of this article is to expose a basic flaw at the root of perennialism as a method for studying mysticism—its distinction between 'exoteric' and 'esoteric' components of mysticism and religion. Rather than being distinct, the specific 'exoteric' doctrines of a given mystic's tradition penetrate the mystics' knowledge-claims. Thus, the 'esoteric' dimension in a

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When approaching the topic of Western esotericism and New Religious Movements (NRMs), one is immediately confronted with the problems of definition and boundaries. The problem of definition is directly linked to the fact that the scholarly study of esotericism is a relatively new field of research—it is only during the past fifteen to twenty years that we can identify esotericism as field of

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Unfortunately, the meaning of "Western" has not been subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny. If "Western" is to be a defining term, as it can be expected to be in the study of Western esotericism, then it should be discussed thoroughly. The term may seem simple, but it is actually a tricky one to define in a way that makes it

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Episode 44: Esoteric Hermeneutics in Stoicism. 00:00. 00:00. Download audio file (mp3) The Stoics that we introduced in the previous episode had more going on esoterically than you might think. In particular, they developed a theory of esoteric perennial wisdom which was to be found in the texts of ancient sages, as well as read by the Stoic

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Western esoteric worldview—a picture that might discursively function as the perennial philosophy according to esotericism." (p. xiii) Although the title of this book is beguiling and even thought-provoking in light of the immense spiritual hunger and the consequent misdirection to which this often leads, it is

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The purpose of this article is to expose a basic flaw at the root of perennialism as a method for studying mysticism-its distinction between 'exoteric' and 'esoteric' components of mysticism and religion. ... The author distinguishes premodern expressions of the Western esoteric traditions and those of the modern and postmodern periods in order

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Episode 187: The Esoteric Proclus, Part II: Esoteric Exegesis and the Occult Ontology of Language. We enter the interconnected webwork of a reality where signs are things, things are signs, and everything means everything, but appropriately. Come for the visionary semiotics, stay for the occult sigils. Listen to episode 187.

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2 A disclaimer: although Spiritualism and several Spiritualists are included in the Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (Citation 2006; the standard reference work in the field) Aren Roukema (Citation 2017, 200n23) notes that Spiritualism is not always considered part of the canon of Western esoteric traditions.Part of the reason may be the wide variety of forms of Spiritualism, some

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This chapter examines the ancient Hellenistic origins of Western esotericism. It explains that Western esoteric traditions have their basis in certain distinct patterns of thinking about the divine, man, and the universe which stretch back into classical antiquity. These patterns of thoughts can be can be such ancient teachings as Alexandrian

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92 PERENNIALISM AND ICONOCLASM on the most heterodox fringes of European culture and represents an important development in the history of Western Esotericism."8 However, he insists that "the spiritual realisation of the individual" and the role of the traditional "occult sciences" are vital to any thorough understanding of the term.9

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Perennial Philosophy and the History of Mysticism. Richard Jones. 2021, Sophia. The purpose of this article is to expose a basic flaw at the root of perennialism as a method for studying mysticism-its distinction between 'exoteric' and 'esoteric' components of mysticism and religion. Rather than being distinct, the specific 'exoteric' doctrines

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What was the Indian intellectual awareness of & reaction to the wacky esoteric ideas cooked up in the 19th & early 20th century Western world that heavily incorporated Aryan & "Aryan" pre-history (e.g. Theosophy & later Nazi occultism & pseudohistory)? ... Stoic Origins of Western Occultism, Perennialism, Esoteric Hermeneutics & Magical

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The chapter also examines the origins of Perennialism in fifteenth-century Italy, of Freemasonry in sixteenth-century Scotland, and of Western interest in Hinduism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (in India with Reuben Burrow, in Britain and France, and in America with Ralph Waldo Emerson).

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