Liber XV · History & Scholarship
Liber XV · History & Scholarship
Chapter I
Biographies
8 min readAntoine Faivre: Founder of the Academic Study of EsotericismAntoine Faivre (1934–2021), the French scholar who held the Paris EPHE chair from 1979, defined esotericism as a form of thought and founded the field.7 min readHenry Corbin: Islamic Mysticism and the Imaginal WorldHenry Corbin (1903–1978), French scholar of Suhrawardi, Ibn Arabi and Iranian Shi'ism: his life, the mundus imaginalis, Eranos and his legacy.6 min readKey Figures of Western Esotericism: A Biographical GuideA biographical guide to key figures of Western esotericism, from Plotinus and Ficino to Agrippa, Dee, Boehme, Swedenborg, Lévi, Blavatsky and Crowley.6 min readManly P. Hall: The Secret Teachings of All Ages and His LegacyManly P. Hall (1901–1990), author of The Secret Teachings of All Ages and founder of the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles: life, work and legacy.6 min readNicholas Goodrick-Clarke: Historian of Occultism and AriosophyNicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953–2012), historian of Ariosophy and esoteric Nazism, founder of Exeter's esotericism centre and author of key textbooks.
Forthcoming in this chapter
11- Wouter Hanegraaff: Life, Works and Influence
- Mircea Eliade: Life, Works and Influence
- Joscelyn Godwin: Life, Works and Influence
- Kocku von Stuckrad: Life, Works and Influence
- Egil Asprem: Life, Works and Influence
- Marco Pasi: Life, Works and Influence
- Owen Davies: Life, Works and Influence
- Keith Thomas: Life, Works and Influence
- Joseph H. Peterson: Life, Works and Influence
- Stephen Skinner: Life, Works and Influence
- Carlo Ginzburg: Life, Works and Influence