Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Thirty red pills from Hermes Trismegistus
- Aren't we Living in a Disenchanted World?
- Esotericism, That's for White Folks, Right?
- Surely Modern Art is not Occult? It is Modern!
- Is it True that Secret Societies are Trying to Control the World?
- Numbers are Meant for Counting, Right?
- Wasn't Hermes a Prophet of Christianity who Lived Long Before Christ?
- Weren't Early Christians up Against a Gnostic Religion?
- The Imagination… You Mean Fantasy, Right?
- Weren't Medieval Monks Afraid of Demons?
- What does Popular Fiction have to do with the Occult?
- Isn't Alchemy a Spiritual Tradition?
- Music? What does that have to do with Esotericism?
- Why all that Satanist Stuff in Heavy Metal?
- Religion can't be a Joke, Right?
- Isn't Esotericism Irrational?
- Rejected Knowledge…: So you mean that Esotericists are the Losers of History?
- The Kind of Stuff Madonna Talks about – that's not Real Kabbala, is it?
- Shouldn't Evil Cults that Worship Satan be Illegal?
- Is Occultism a Product of Capitalism?
- Can Superhero Comics Really Transmit Esoteric Knowledge?
- Are Kabbalistic Meditations all about Ecstasy?
- Isn't India the Home of Spiritual Wisdom?
- If People Believe in Magic, isn't that just Because they aren't Educated?
- But what does Esotericism have to do with Sex?
- Is there such a Thing as Islamic Esotericism?
- Doesn't Occultism Lead Straight to Fascism?
- A Man who Never Died, Angels Falling from the Sky…: What is that Enoch Stuff all about?
- Is there any Room for Women in Jewish Kabbalah?
- Surely Born-again Christianity has Nothing to do with Occult Stuff like Alchemy?
- Bibliography
- Contributors to this Volume
- Index of Persons
- Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Thirty red pills from Hermes Trismegistus
- Aren't we Living in a Disenchanted World?
- Esotericism, That's for White Folks, Right?
- Surely Modern Art is not Occult? It is Modern!
- Is it True that Secret Societies are Trying to Control the World?
- Numbers are Meant for Counting, Right?
- Wasn't Hermes a Prophet of Christianity who Lived Long Before Christ?
- Weren't Early Christians up Against a Gnostic Religion?
- The Imagination… You Mean Fantasy, Right?
- Weren't Medieval Monks Afraid of Demons?
- What does Popular Fiction have to do with the Occult?
- Isn't Alchemy a Spiritual Tradition?
- Music? What does that have to do with Esotericism?
- Why all that Satanist Stuff in Heavy Metal?
- Religion can't be a Joke, Right?
- Isn't Esotericism Irrational?
- Rejected Knowledge…: So you mean that Esotericists are the Losers of History?
- The Kind of Stuff Madonna Talks about – that's not Real Kabbala, is it?
- Shouldn't Evil Cults that Worship Satan be Illegal?
- Is Occultism a Product of Capitalism?
- Can Superhero Comics Really Transmit Esoteric Knowledge?
- Are Kabbalistic Meditations all about Ecstasy?
- Isn't India the Home of Spiritual Wisdom?
- If People Believe in Magic, isn't that just Because they aren't Educated?
- But what does Esotericism have to do with Sex?
- Is there such a Thing as Islamic Esotericism?
- Doesn't Occultism Lead Straight to Fascism?
- A Man who Never Died, Angels Falling from the Sky…: What is that Enoch Stuff all about?
- Is there any Room for Women in Jewish Kabbalah?
- Surely Born-again Christianity has Nothing to do with Occult Stuff like Alchemy?
- Bibliography
- Contributors to this Volume
- Index of Persons
- Index of Subjects
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- Hermes ExplainsThirty Questions about Western Esotericism, pp. 317 - 320Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2019