Indices in the Dark
A cognitive semiotics of Western Esotericism is proposed with reference to the opaque aspects of esoteric discourse and texts, exemplified by Crowley's Liber AL and the tradition of Thelema. Such discursive opacity (leading to failed interpretation) is a semiotic problem, as it would hardly be...
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2017
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Aries
Year: 2017, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-80 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Crowley, Aleister 1875-1947, The book of the law
/ thelēma
/ Opaker Kontext
/ Semiotics
/ Cognitive linguistics
/ Esotericism
/ Tradition
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion AZ New religious movements |
Further subjects: | B
cognitive science of religion
cognitive semiotics
opacity
semiosis
relevance
transmission
Thelema
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