However, as only the higher three Sefirot can contain the perfect light, while the lower seven burst (the so-called 'breaking of the vessels'), the pure divine light separated into many potsherds or sparks and became mixed with impure ...
Esotericism is the search for an absolute but hidden knowledge accessed through mystical vision, the mediation of higher beings, or personal experience. In Western cultural history esoteric approaches to religion...
This accessible guide provides readers with the basic knowledge and tools that will allow them to find their way in this bewildering but fascinating field.
At Esalen (California), a program of four symposia was established: The Varieties of Esoteric Experience (2004), Hidden Intercourse: Eros and Sexuality in Western Esotericism (Proceedings published in 2008), Hidden Truths, Novel Truths ...
The book concludes with an annotated bibliography, which makes it an essential resource for beginners and scholars alike. Antoine Faivre is Professor Emeritus at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Religious Studies), Sorbonne.
Western Esotericism: Based on Papers Read at the Symposium on Western Esotericism, Held at Åbo, Finland on 15-17 August 2007
Swedenborg. The most comprehensive study is now Friedemann Stengel, Aufklärung bis zum Himmel (Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2011), ... Marsha Keith Schuchard's enormous tome Emanuel Swedenborg, Secret Agent on Earth and in Heaven (Brill: ...