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Literature of exhaustion : Borges, Kabbalah and the art of divine forgetting [PDF]

, 2015
With this short essay we look at the work of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges from a different angle, and propose a new framework for the interpretation of his stories, by indicating their affinity with esoteric tradition, especially the Kabbalah.
Mróz, Piotr, Śliwa, Łukasz
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Claiming space outside dominant narratives: feminist strategies based upon freedom and diversity, alternative God-talk and criticizing structures of authority [PDF]

, 2015
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van den Brandt, Hendrika
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On cathedrals and alchemy: some modern interpretations of medieval iconography by Esprit Gobineau de Montluisant

BJHS Themes
This article explores the theme of the alchemical interpretations of medieval iconography through the life and the writings of Esprit Gobineau de Montluisant (c.1590–between 1652 and 1665). This French alchemist and poet indeed composed a dissertation on
Tom Fischer
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Geography Matters, But… Evolving Success Factors for Nature-Oriented Health Tourism within Selected Alpine Destinations. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Schmude J, Pillmayer M, Witting M, Corradini P.   +3 more
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Hermetikus irodalom Közép-Európában és a Kárpát-medencében = Hermetic Literature in Middle Europe (incl. Hungary) [PDF]

, 2007
Paracelsus sokáig ismeretlen munkái, vallási-filozófiai töredék-gondolatai fölfedezése nyomán - az 1570-es évektől kibontakozott a hermetizmusnak egy második, kora-újkori hulláma, ami eljutott az Alpoktól északra, végül Kelet-Közép-Európába is ...
Font, Zsuzsanna, Juhász, Levente, Keserű, Bálint   +2 more
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Islamic Esotericism in the Bengali Bāul Songs of Lālan Fakir

Correspondences, 2019
This article makes use of the author’s field research as well as primary and secondary textual sources to examine Islamic esoteric content, as mediated by local forms of Bengali Sufism, in Bāul Fakiri songs.
Keith Cantú
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Fallen Love: Eros and Ta'wīl in the Poetry of Robert Duncan [PDF]

, 2013
This article examines Robert Duncan’s erotic poetics in the context of his interest in an elite “Spirit of Romance” and “Cult of Eros” that he recognizes in Lucius Apuleius, the Provençal troubadours, Dante and the Fedeli d’amore, as well as in his ...
Hair, Ross
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Orientalisms in the interpretation of Islamic philosophy [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, I argue that Edward Said’s central thesis in Orientalism has a direct explanatory role to play in our understanding of the work produced in at least one area of scholarship about the Arab and Islamic worlds, namely Arab-Islamic philosophy ...
Khalidi, Muhammad Ali
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An Elusive Roebuck: Luciferianism and Paganism in Robert Cochrane’s Witchcraft

Correspondences, 2013
The English occultist Robert Cochrane (1931–1966) has remained an enigmatic figure ever since his death under mysterious circumstances almost fifty years ago.
Ethan Doyle White
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Ethnographies of the Esoteric: Introducing Anthropological Methods and Theories to the Study of Contemporary Esotericism

Correspondences, 2018
In this article, we introduce the ContERN special issue on ethnographies of the esoteric. While the study of esotericism has been dominated by historical-philological scholarship, recent years have seen an increase in anthropological approaches to ...
Susannah Crockford, Egil Asprem
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