Lux in tenebris

the visual and the symbolic in western esotericism

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21st century
Language: English

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Lux in Tenebris' is a collection of eighteen original interdisciplinary essays that address aspects of the verbal and visual symbolism in the works of significant figures in the history of Western Esotericism, covering such themes as alchemy, magic, kabbalah, angels, occult philosophy, Platonism, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy. Part I: Middle Ages & Early Modernity ranges from Gikatilla, Ficino, Camillo, Agrippa, Weigel, Bohme, Yvon, and Swedenborg, to celestial divination in Russia. Part II: Modernity & Postmodernity moves from occultist thinkers Schwaller de Lubicz and Evola to esotericism in literature, art, and cinema, in the works of Colquhoun, Degouve de Nuncques, Bruskin, Doitschinoff, and Perez-Reverte, with an essay on esoteric theories of colour.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Divination and oracles, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

Occultism and esotericism
Controlled discovery queries from harvard matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Esotericism” in the subtitle, “esoteric” in the description, “Esotericism” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Esotericism”· in subtitle
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- “occult”· in description
- “Occultism”· in subject
Ritual magic and grimoires
Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description.
- “Magic”· in description
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description.
- “Alchemy”· in description
Divination and oracles
Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the description.
- “Divination”· in description
Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism
Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the description.
- “Kabbalah”· in description
Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought
Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the description.
- “Theosophy”· in description
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the description.
- “Angels”· in description

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
the visual and the symbolic in western esotericism Harvard LibraryCloud bibliographic record xxi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.	2017	Brill	English	9789004334946 9789004334953 9004334947	Catalog record	Harvard LibraryCloud (opens in a new tab)