Liber XV · History & Scholarship
Liber XV · History & Scholarship
Chapter II
Defining Esotericism
6 min readDefining Esotericism: Faivre, Hanegraaff and the Scholarly DebateHow scholars define esotericism: esoteric vs exoteric, Faivre's six characteristics, Hanegraaff's rejected knowledge and the discourse approach.7 min readDisenchantment and Re-enchantment: Weber, Magic and ModernityDisenchantment and re-enchantment explained: Max Weber's thesis, the decline of magic, occultism as a modern response, and recent critiques.6 min readEsotericism and the Academy: Hanegraaff's Rejected KnowledgeWouter Hanegraaff's Esotericism and the Academy (2012) traces how Western culture rejected esoteric knowledge and redefined esotericism as rejected knowledge.6 min readFaivre's Six Characteristics: Defining Esotericism in 1992Faivre's six characteristics of esotericism (1992): correspondences, living nature, imagination, transmutation, concordance, transmission, and the critics.
Forthcoming in this chapter
8- Occultism vs Esotericism: Meaning, History and Practice
- Primary vs Secondary Sources in Esotericism: Meaning, History and Practice
- Esotericism and Art: Meaning, History and Practice
- Esotericism and Literature: Meaning, History and Practice
- Esotericism and Music: Meaning, History and Practice
- Esotericism and Psychology: Meaning, History and Practice
- Esotericism and Politics: Meaning, History and Practice
- Where to Start Studying Western Esotericism