An introduction to western esotericism: essays in the hidden meaning of literature, groups, and games

Introduction -- "A vague feeling of fascination" : western esotericism and introductory-level scholarship -- The legacy of Jean-Paul corsetti : western esotericism and the Eurydice of lost scholarship -- Antoine Faivre to the dark tower came : Robert Browning's Childe Roland as examin...

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Main Author: Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Q. (Author)
Contributors: Grandy, David 1949- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lewiston, NY [u.a.] Edwin Mellen Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Review: An Introduction to Western Esotericism: Essays in the Hidden Meaning of Literature, Groups, and Games, by Nadya Q. Chishty-Mujahid (2013) (Hanegraaff, Wouter J.)
Series/Journal:Hors serie
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / Esotericism
Further subjects:B Occultism in literature
B Introduction
B Occultism
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Summary:Introduction -- "A vague feeling of fascination" : western esotericism and introductory-level scholarship -- The legacy of Jean-Paul corsetti : western esotericism and the Eurydice of lost scholarship -- Antoine Faivre to the dark tower came : Robert Browning's Childe Roland as examined by means of a western esotericist paradigm -- Versluis and Faivre play cupid : creatively esoteric aspects of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- The Epsilon-Sigma Caduceus : the Mantegna Tarocchi as a book of ritual for Kappa Sigma -- The Sola-busca Sundial : a renaissance tarot deck as a Mutus liber of ritualistic initiation
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:077345019X