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Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism by Brill (Hardback, 2006)

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' This superb dictionary should be an early stop for readers seeking basic, up-to-date, scholarly introductions to many aspects of Western religious eclecticism. There is no reference like it for its range and the objectivity of its coverage.

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Covers the entire domain of Gnosis and Western Esotericism from Late Antiquity to the present. This book also contains critical discussions of all its major authors, currents and manifestations, from Gnosticism to the New Age. It is an unabridged version of the two volume edition, published in 2005.

Product Identifiers

PublisherBrill

ISBN-109004152318

ISBN-139789004152311

eBay Product ID (ePID)87218171

Product Key Features

FormatLaminated Cover, Hardback

LanguageEnglish

TopicReligion

GenreReligion: Comparative, General & Reference

Dimensions

Weight1792g

Height240mm

Width160mm

Additional Product Features

Place of PublicationLeiden

Spine61mm

Edited byJean-Pierre Brach, Antoine Faivre, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Roelof Van Den Broek

Pagination1230

Author BiographyWouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has published extensively on modern and contemporary Western esotericism, including a book devoted to the 15th-century Christian Hermetist Lodovico Lazzarelli and a monograph on the New Age movement. Antoine Faivre is Professor Emeritus of History of Esoteric and Mystical Currents in Modern and Contemporary Europe at the 5th section of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne), Paris, France. Roelof van den Broek is Professor Emeritus of History of Christianity at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Jean-Pierre Brach is Professor of History of Esoteric Currents in Modern and Contemporary Europe at the 5th section of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne), Paris, France.

Date of Publication15/04/2006

Country of PublicationNetherlands