Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism
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Biografisk notat
Glenn Alexander Magee is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, New York. He is the author of Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition (2001) and The Hegel Dictionary (2011), as well as many articles on German philosophy and its connections with mysticism and esotericism.'Glenn Alexander Magee has brought together a 'dream team' of scholars, and from an impressively broad range of generations, from esteemed senior doyens to emerging young intellectuals about to reshape the conversation once again. Magee also brings his own trademark philosophical clarity to the definitional and historical tasks at hand. The result is a cutting-edge collection of essays that delivers exactly what it promises: a concise and clear map of the hidden intellectual tradition of the West from ancient Greece to today.' Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, Rice University, Houston, and author of The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion
'This long-overdue collection contains work of the best minds of the field and is certain to advance current research in Western esotericism. A must purchase.' David Appelbaum, State University of New York, New Paltz
'It is impossible to understand our civilization without awareness of the immense influence upon it of mystical and esoteric ideas and practices. This generous collection of scholarly essays at last offers reliable support for the academic study of humanity's age-old and contemporary quest for higher levels of consciousness.' Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University
'Contributors to this handbook are world-class - writers such as Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Kocku von Stuckrad, Antoine Faivre and Arthur Versluis. Each has written magisterially about the content and place of mysticism and esotericism, making this not merely an arcane field of intellectual inquiry but a living and contended area where theologians and historians, anthropologists and students of cultural and religious history engage and should do so. As exemplars of inquiry in their own right, the essays are excellent, thoughtfully expressed and contentious where they need to be, unpacking complex ideas such as those of Boehme and Swedenborg elegantly.' Stuart Hannabuss, Reference Reviews