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  • Hermes in the Academy

    Ten Years' Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam

    Edited by Wouter Hanegraaff, J. Pijnenburg ...
    Hermes in the Academy commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents (GHF) at the University of Amsterdam. The center devotes itself to the study of Western esotericism, which includes topics such as Hermetic philosophy, Christian kabbalah and occultism.This volume shows how, over the past ten years, the GHF has developed into the leading ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Political Parties and Coalitions in European Local Government

    Edited by Colin Mellors, Bert Pijnenburg ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the European Union
    Political Parties and Coalitions in European Local Government (1989) brings together two separate fields in political science – the study of coalitions and the study of local government. It brings an array of new insights into the landscapes of national government and party politics at local level, and in doing so brings into focus the workings of European government for the English reader. ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Crisis Management and Decision Making

    Simulation Oriented Scenarios

    Edited by Uriel Rosenthal, Bert Pijnenburg ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)

    $64.09 CAD

  • The Rise of Food Charity in Europe

    by Rachel Loopstra, Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio, Amaia Inza-Bartolomé, Romana Zidar, Vesna Leskošek, Amy Markus, Leon Pijnenburg, Hilje van der Horst, Francesca Galli, Gianluca Brunori, Sabrina Arcuri, Holger Schoneville, Stephan Lorenz, Fabian Kessl, Ville Tikka ...
    As the demand for food banks and other emergency food charities continues to rise across the continent, this is the first systematic Europe-wide study of the roots and consequences of this urgent phenomenon.Leading researchers provide case studies from the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain, each considering the history and driving political and social forces behind ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus

    by Gary Lachman ...
    From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind. For centuries his name ranked among the most illustrious of the ancient world. Considered by some a contemporary of Moses and a forerunner of Christ, ... Read more

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  • Philosophy Between the Lines

    The Lost History of Esoteric Writing

    by Arthur M. Melzer ...
    "Shines a floodlight on a topic that has been cloaked in obscurity . . . a landmark work in both intellectual history and political theory" ( The Wall Street Journal).Philosophical esotericism—the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts "between the lines"—was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. Despite its long and well-documented history, however, esotericism ... Read more

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  • The Secret Teachers of the Western World

    by Gary Lachman ...
    This epic study unveils the esoteric masters who have covertly impacted the intellectual development of the West, from Pythagoras and Zoroaster to the little-known modern icons Jean Gebser and Schwaller de Lubicz.Running alongside the mainstream of Western intellectual history there is another current which, in a very real sense, should take pride of place, but which for the last few centuries has ... Read more

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  • Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions

    Essays in Comparative Religion

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    In the period domoninated by the triumphs of scientific rationalism, how do we account for the extraordinary success of such occult movements as astrology or the revival of witchcraft? From his perspective as a historian of religions, the eminent scholar Mircea Eliade shows that such popular trends develop from archaic roots and periodically resurface in certain myths, symbols, and rituals. In six ... Read more

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  • Esotericism in Western Culture

    Counter-Normativity and Rejected Knowledge

    by Professor Wouter J. Hanegraaff ...
    This accessible introduction by the world's leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the center of modern research in the humanities. Reflecting updates in the field since the foundational publication Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2013), Wouter J. Hanegraaff demonstrates that the exclusion of “rejected knowledge” from normative ... Read more

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  • The Myth of Disenchantment

    Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences

    by Jason A. Josephson-Storm ...
    This study of the early human sciences and their deep connections to spiritualism dispenses with the myth that separates magic and modernity.Many theorists contend that the defining feature of modernity is our collective loss of faith in spirits, myths, and magic. But in The Myth of Disenchantment, Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues against this narrative, showing that attempts to suppress magic have ... Read more

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  • The Quest

    History and Meaning in Religion

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Series series Midway Reprint
    In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of the history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for the intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown or less familiar worlds of meaning.""Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful ... Read more

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