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II.29 Western Esotericism

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The Finding of Hidden Texts in Esoteric and ­Other Religious Traditions: Some Notes on “Discovery Narratives”

Correspondences, 2019
This article deals with a motif that appears repeatedly in the history of the Western traditions of esotericism and alternative spirituality. The motif is an essentially simple one: a person claims to have discovered an older, previously hidden text ...
G. J. Wheeler
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The Path of Initiation: The Integration of Psychological and Spiritual Development in Western Esoteric Thought [PDF]

Integral Review, 2013
This paper examines, from an emic stance, a strand of Western esoteric wisdom that offers a particular perspective on psycho-spiritual development in relation to spiritual emergence, the mutually interdependent evolution of consciousness and substance ...
Gary Raucher
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Teaching Experiential Dimensions of Western Esotericism

, 2011
in: William B. Parsons (ed.), Teaching Mysticism, Oxford University Press 2011, 154-169.
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The esoteric milieu in Finland today

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2008
As in the other Scandinavian countries, so in Finland an exceptionally high percentage of the population belongs to a religious community. Today, about 82 per cent of Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Jussi Sohlberg
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Reflections on the Ethnographic Study of Contemporary Ritual Magic

Correspondences, 2018
This article identifies and engages with the complexities of conducting ethnographic research in the hard-to-access field of Western esotericism, referred to here as “modern ritual magic”.
Damon Zacharias Lycourinos
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Defending Paper Gods: Aleister Crowley and the Reception of Daoism in Early Twentieth Century Esotericism

Correspondences, 2013
This article explores the representation of Daoism and Chinese religion in the writings of Aleister Crowley. The influence of Asian religions on the occult revival of the late nineteenth century has often been recognized.
Johan Nilsson
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Magic Made Modern?: Re-evaluating the Novelty of the Golden Dawn’s Magic

Correspondences, 2014
This is an article in the history of magic that re-evaluates Alison Butler’s thesis regarding the novelty of the magical praxis of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Christopher A. Plaisance
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The Traumatic Mysticism of Othered Others: Blackness, Islam, and Esotericism in the Five Percenters

Correspondences, 2019
This article draws from black critical theory, Western esotericism studies, and scholarship in Islamic studies to articulate the Five Percenters as expressing what I call “traumatic mysticism.” I first articulate blackness as the esoteric secret of the ...
Biko Gray
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‘I embrace the mystery of the cosmos’: how the British rock star Sting represents the Faustian narrative

Church, Communication and Culture
The purpose of the text is to show that one does the British rock star Sting no spiritual justice by pigeonholing him as a Christian. Reasons are shown why Sting can instead be placed on the broad map of “Western Esotericism” (Wouter J.
Stefan Meetschen
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