{"product_id":"gnosis-and-hermeticism-from-antiquity-to-modern-times-paperback","title":"Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoelof Van Den Broek\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWouter J. Hanegraaff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraces the historical development of Western Esotericism-religious traditions which emphasize the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume introduces what has sometimes been called \"the third component of western culture.\" It traces the historical development of those religious traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure rationality or doctrinal faith, emphasizing instead the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis: a revelatory experience which was typically believed to entail an encounter with one's true self as well as with the ground of being, God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this book demonstrate this perspective as fundamental to a variety of interconnected traditions. In Antiquity, one finds the gnostics and hermetics; in the Middle Ages several Christian sects. The medieval Cathars can, to a certain extent, be considered part of the same tradition. Starting with the Italian humanist Renaissance, hermetic philosophy became of central importance to a new religious synthesis that can be referred to as Western Esotericism.\" The development of this tradition is described from Renaissance hermeticists and practitioners of spiritual alchemy to the emergence of Rosicrucianism and Christian theosophy in the seventeenth century, and from post-enlightenment aspects of Romanticism and occultism to the present-day New Age movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoelof van den Broek \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has also written \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of the Phoenix: According to Classical and Early Christian Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStudies in Gnosticism and Alexandrian Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e. Also at the University of Utrecht, \u003cb\u003eWouter J. Hanegraaff \u003c\/b\u003eis a Research Fellow in the Study of Religions. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 8.98 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65908113375581,"sku":"9780791436127","price":73.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/vt7AnALkdM9780791436127.webp?v=1789286593","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/gnosis-and-hermeticism-from-antiquity-to-modern-times-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}