TY - BOOK ID - 5447777 TI - The Western Esoteric Traditions.A Historical Introduction AU - GOODRICK-CLARKE, Nicholas AU - Center for information and advice on harmful sectarian organizations PY - 2008 SN - 9780195320992 0195320999 9786611851774 1281851779 0199717567 0199852065 PB - New York, New York Oxford University Press, Inc. DB - UniCat KW - Occultism. KW - Occultisme KW - history of esotericism KW - Western esoteric traditions KW - Italy KW - Renaissance KW - magic KW - cabala KW - alchemy KW - Paracelsus KW - German Naturphilosophie KW - Jacob Boehme KW - theosophy KW - Rosicrucianism KW - Freemasonry KW - Illuminism KW - Emanuel Swedenborg KW - Mesmerism KW - spiritualism KW - ritual magic KW - Helena Blavatsky KW - the Theosphical Society UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5447777 AB - This introduction to the Western esoteric traditions offers a concise overview of their historical development. The author explores these traditions, from their roots in Hermeticism, Neo-Platonism, and Gnosticism in the early Christian era up to their reverberations in modern day's scientific paradigms. ER -