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Faivre, Antoine was born on June 5, 1934 in Reims, France. Son of André and Madeleine (Clour) Faivre.
(This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to ...)
This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to appear in English. Here is also a historical survey, beginning with the Alexandrean Period, of the various esoteric currents such as Christian Kabbalah, Theosophy, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, and Hermeticism. Common characteristics of these currents are the notion of universal interdependency and the experience of spiritual transformation. The author establishes a rigorous methodology; provides clarifying definitions of such key terms as "gnosis," "theosophy," "occultism," and "Hermeticism;" and offers analysis of contemporary esotericism based on three distinct pathways. The second half of the book presents a series of studies on several important figures, works, and movements in Western esotericism--studies devoted to some of the most characteristic and illuminating aspects that this form of thought has taken, such as theosophical speculations on androgyny, rosicrucian literature, and Masonic symbolism. The book is completed by a rich and selective Bibliography conceived as a means of orientation and a tool for research.
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(This book traces the Golden Fleece myth from late paganis...)
This book traces the Golden Fleece myth from late paganism through medieval and Renaissance alchemical and masonic interpretations. We follow the changing fashions in the history of initiation as well as in mythology. Faivre connects politics, chivalry, the age of exploration, Renaissance architecture and iconography, the hermeneutics of eighteenth century Germany and France, and modern practitioners of alchemy. This book will be welcomed by modern practitioners of alchemy and the occult as well as by scholars of esotericism.
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historian university professor
Faivre, Antoine was born on June 5, 1934 in Reims, France. Son of André and Madeleine (Clour) Faivre.
Diploma, Ecole Pratique Hautes Etudes, 1965. Doctor of letters, University Paris-Sorbonne, 1969.
Researcher Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France, 1965-1969. Associate professor University Paris, 1969-1972. Professor in German Language and Literature University Bordeaux, 1972-1985, University Rouen, 1985-1990.
Professor religious studies Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, since 1979, chair history esoteric and mystical currents in Europe.
(This book traces the Golden Fleece myth from late paganis...)
(This is the first systematic treatment of esotericism to ...)
Major French Army, 1971-1991. Member American Academy of Religion.