Constructing tradition : means and myths of transmission in Western esotericism
This volume of conference proceedings investigates the various ways and patterns with which esoteric writings and groups establish their own tradition. This involves concepts of origin and memory, ways of legitimising esoteric tradition as well as techniques and practices of knowledge transmission in esotericism.
Microform, English, 2010
Brill, Leiden, 2010
474 Seiten.
9789004191143, 9004191143
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Contributors include: Andreas Kilcher, Antoine Faivre, Matthias Heiduk, Philipp Theisohn, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Tim Rudbøg, Monika Neugebauer-Wölk, Henrik Bogdan, Kocku von Stuckrad, Moshe Idel, Giulio Busi, Jean-Pierre Brach, Konstantin Burmistrov, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, Jan Assmann, Christine Maillard, Mark Sedgwick, Joscelyn Godwin, and Bernd Roling
Includes index