Restoring paradise : Western esotericism, literature, art, and consciousness / / Arthur Versluis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807691303321
• Autore: Versluis Arthur <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• ISBN: 0-7914-8485-8; 1-4237-3953-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
• Disciplina: 135
• Soggetti: Occultism - History; Occultism in literature; Occultism in art
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Restoring Paradise -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Initiatory Transmission and the Imagination -- WHAT IS ESOTERIC? -- INITIATORY TRANSMISSION AND WESTERN ESOTERICISM -- THE ESOTERIC IMAGINATION -- 1. Origins -- ALCHEMY OF THE WORD -- THE FIELD OF THE IMAGINATION -- THE RED THREAD OF GNOSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2. Historical Currents -- DIVINE SERVICE: CHIVALRY AND THE TROUBADOURS -- BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS: JEWISH KABBALISM -- THE TRANSFIGURATION OF EARTH: ALCHEMICAL LITERATURE -- THE DIVINE SCIENCE: THEOSOPHIC, PANSOPHIC, ROSICRUCIAN, AND MASONIC LITERATURE -- 3. Modern Implications -- PROSPERO'S WAND: MODERN ESOTERIC LITERATURE -- THE WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS -- LITERATURE, ART, AND CONSCIOUSNESS -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores European and American esoteric traditions as reflected in literature and in art.