This book is a response to the literary pleasures and scholarly problems of reading the texts
of Apuleius, most famous for his novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Living in second …

In the mid-seventeenth century, Shabbatai Zvi, a rabbi from Izmir, claimed to be the Jewish
messiah, and convinced a great many Jews to believe him. The movement surrounding this …

The Gospel of John has always been perceived as a more mystical Gospel than the
Synoptics. This book explores the mysticism of John in its historical context and puts forward …

A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than
funerary rituals• Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox …

Cet article propose d'étudier le rôle du dieu égyptien Thot en tant que dieu de la parole.
Maître des hiéroglyphes et du langage, dieu présidant à l'éloquence, Thot est aussi le …

This study reevaluates the belief system of Francis Bacon and the role which his theology
played in the development of his program for the reform of learning, the Great Instauration …

The apostles went upon the mountain called the Mount of Olives, where they used to gather
with the blessed Christ when he was in the body. Together they fell on their knees and …

This thesis investigates the widely held medieval belief that magic could cause sexual
dysfunction. It focuses on the period 1150-1450, but also surveys the evidence from the …

This dissertation takes an interdisciplinary approach to the idea of Sophia, the feminine
incarnation of divine Wisdom, as a central aspect of “Silver Age” Russian culture. Existing …

The automaton, or a machine that mimics a living being, has been a powerful cultural and
intellectual symbol throughout European history. This study examines the exact nature of its …