Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009123068ISBN-10:1009123068UPC:9781009123068Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.8409Product ID:SC2MM09EPW
Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of ancient wisdom. While many of their writings are lost, those that survived have been interpreted primarily as...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009123068ISBN-10:1009123068UPC:9781009123068Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.8409Product ID:SC2MM09EPW
Hanegraaff, Wouter J.: - Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of six monographs, including New Age Religion and Western Culture (1996) and Esotericism and the Academy (2012), and editor of eight collective works, including the Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (2005).
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