03005nam 2200625 a 450 991095462750332120251116202730.01-281-39984-11-78034-457-0978661139984990-474-1012-2(CKB)1000000000402843(EBL)3004029(SSID)ssj0000138633(PQKBManifestationID)11158385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138633(PQKBWorkID)10100972(PQKB)10844221(MiAaPQ)EBC3004029(Au-PeEL)EBL3004029(CaPaEBR)ebr10234694(CaONFJC)MIL139984(OCoLC)923612577(BIP)46100478(BIP)13464383(EXLCZ)99100000000040284320060403d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDictionary of gnosis & Western esotericism /edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff in collaboration with Antoine Faivre, Roelof van den Broek, Jean-Pierre Brach1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brillc20061 online resource (1258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-04-15231-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS""; ""LIST OF ENTRIES""; ""Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism""; ""INDEX OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS""; ""INDEX OF PERSONS""Now available in one volume, this is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of "Gnosis and Western Esotericism" from the period of Late Antiquity to the present. Containing around 400 articles by over 180 international specialists, it provides critical overviews discussing the nature and historical development of all its important currents and manifestations, from Gnosticism and Hermetism to Astrology, Alchemy and Magic, from the Hermetic Tradition of the Renaissance to Rosicrucianism and Christian Theosophy, and from Freemasonry and Illuminism to 19th-century Occultism and the contemporary New Age movement. Furthermore it contains articles about the life and work of all the major personalities in the history of Gnosis and Western Esotericism, discussing their ideas, significance, and historical influence. This one volume edition is an unabridged version of the two volume edition, published in 2005.Dictionary of gnosis and Western esotericismOccultismDictionariesOccultismEuropeDictionariesOccultismOccultism35Hanegraaff Wouter J1636014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954627503321Dictionary of gnosis & Western esotericism4480607UNINA