New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism

This volume offers new approaches to some of the biggest persistent challenges in the study of esotericism and beyond. Commonly understood as a particularly "Western" undertaking consisting of religious, philosophical, and ritual traditions that go back to Mediterranean antiquity, this boo...

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Other Authors: Asprem, Egil (Editor), Strube, Julian (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brill 2020
Series:Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 17
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