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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783472303321

Autore

Hanegraaff Wouter J

Titolo

New Age religion and Western culture : Esotericism in the mirror of secular thought / / Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : BRILL, 1996

ISBN

1-280-46397-X

9786610463978

90-474-0012-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 580 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

299.935

299/.93

Soggetti

New Age movement

Occultism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: ORIENTATION: MAJOR TRENDS IN NEW AGE RELIGION; Part Two: EXPOSITION: THE VARIETIES OF NEW AGE EXPERIENCE; Part Three: INTERPRETATION: NEW AGE RELIGION AND TRADITIONAL ESOTERICISM; Appendix: Primary New Age Sources (in alphabetical order); Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzing contemporary New Age beliefs, this work argues that the foundations of such beliefs lie in the Western esoteric traditions of the Renaissance. The modern New Age movement is seen as having emerged from the secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century.