Titlebook: Innovation in Esotericism from the Renaissance to the Present; Georgiana D. Hedesan,Tim Rudbøg Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and

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Book 2021tions from distinguished scholars of esotericism, it covers many different fields and themes including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism..

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2946-2657 to ideas and intellectual production in general.Features co.This collection explores the role of innovation in understanding the history of esotericism. It illustrates how innovation is a mechanism of negotiation whereby an idea is either produced against, or adapted from, an older set of concepts

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2946-2657 es including magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, Tarot, apocalypticism and eschatology, Mesmerism, occultism, prophecy, and mysticism..978-3-030-67908-8978-3-030-67906-4Series ISSN 2946-2657 Series E-ISSN 2946-2665

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,A Necessary Conjunction: Cabala, Magic, and Alchemy in the Theosophy of Heinrich Khunrath (1560–160e neologisms, the compound words ., ., and . (Christian Kabbalist, Divinely Magical, and Physico-Chymical). This chapter considers Khunrath’s evident fascination with new experimental combinations, composites, and conjunctions in his idiosyncratic blend of early modern theosophy.

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The Rosicrucian Diaspora in the Seventeenth Century,icrucian ideas beyond the Holy Roman Empire. The concept quickly spawned further innovations across Europe, such as Bureus’s Lion of Midnight writings in Sweden, Francis Bacon’s vision of . in England, and the creation of a number of Rosicrucian-inspired organizations like the . in Italy or the . of Jan Amos Comenius.

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Introduction: Reconceptualizing Innovation and Its Role in Esotericism,ical contexts. In view of existing scholarship, we argue that “innovation” can be a useful heuristic tool for understanding the historical changes esoteric traditions undergo. In this chapter we reconceptualize innovation to be the continuous leveraging of past traditions in new contexts. In terms o

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,The Transformation of the Notion of “Adept”: From Medieval Arabic Philosophy to Early Modern Alchemrabic philosophy, mainly in Al Farabi, Averroes, and Avicenna, who used the term . (“acquired intellect”) to denote a mind perfected by the Active Intellect. The concept was innovatively used by Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541), who employed the term . to refer to an ancient

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The Rosicrucian Diaspora in the Seventeenth Century,zation that pursued the advancement of knowledge and spirituality in view of a coming new age. This chapter discusses the aftermath of the publication of the manifestos, when their influence in Germany petered out during the Thirty Years War (1618–1648). Their legacy was ensured by the spread of Ros