Asprem Arguing with Angels

Enochian Magic and Modern Occulture
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4192-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions

An exploration of John Dee’s Enochian magic of angel contact, its reinterpretation over the years, and its endurance to the present day.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asprem, Egil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

1. The Magus and the Seer
2. Whispers of Secret Manuscripts
3. Victorian Occultism and the Invention of Modern Enochiana
4. The Authenticity Problem and the Legitimacy of magic

PART TWO: MAJOR TRENDS IN ENOCHIAN MAGIC

5. The Angels and the Beast
6. Angels of Satan
7. The Purist Turn
8. Enochiana without Borders

Conclusions
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Egil Asprem is a Research Fellow at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.