LEADER 02929nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910807691303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8485-8 010 $a1-4237-3953-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458441 035 $a(OCoLC)62757328 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594932 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236956 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176357 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236956 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10173496 035 $a(PQKB)11511359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408586 035 $a(OCoLC)62338574 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408586 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594932 035 $a(DE-B1597)683876 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791484852 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458441 100 $a20040301d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRestoring paradise $eWestern esotericism, literature, art, and consciousness /$fArthur Versluis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-6139-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aExplores European and American esoteric traditions as reflected in literature and in art. 606 $aOccultism$xHistory 606 $aOccultism in literature 606 $aOccultism in art 615 0$aOccultism$xHistory. 615 0$aOccultism in literature. 615 0$aOccultism in art. 676 $a135 700 $aVersluis$b Arthur$f1959-$0752484 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807691303321 996 $aRestoring paradise$94007713 997 $aUNINA