From 'Poimandres' to Jacob Böhme
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- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
The studies collected in this volume deal with ancient, medieval and early modern forms of Gnosis and the diverse expressions of their myths, rites, ideas and expectations. The emphasis lays on Hermetism in Antiquity and its influence in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the early modern period. The 14 contributions were written by R. van den Broek (3), C. Gilly (2), P. Kingsley (2), J.-P. Mahé (1), and G.Quispel (6). The book contains discussions of several aspects of the Hermetic and Gnostic tradition, such as hermetic religious practices, magic, alchemy, apocalyptic visions, and the influence of Hermetic ideas on Early Christian and medieval theologians. The volume is of interest for students of Graeco-Roman religiosity, Early Christianity, medieval theology and the Hermetic traditions in the Renaissance and later western culture
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, and Ritual magic and grimoires.
Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.
- “Magic”· in description
- “Magic”· in subject
Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “Hermeticism”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description, “hermetic” in the description, “Hermetism” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).
- “Hermeticism”· via OpenAlex
- “Alchemy”· in description
- “hermetic”· in description
- “Hermetism”· in description
- “Alchemy”· in subject
Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the description.
- “gnostic”· in description
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAlex scholarly book record | 2000-01-01 | — | English | — | Unknown |
Subjects
- History
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Arts and Humanities
- Art
- Alchemy
- Literature
- Archeology
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Theology
- Christianity
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Art history
- Classics
- Mythology
- MAGIC (telescope)
- Middle Ages
- Vision
- The Renaissance
- Early Christianity
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
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