In this timely new study, Borlik reveals the surprisingly rich potential for the emergent" green"
criticism to yield fresh insights into early modern English literature. Deftly avoiding the …

Ammonius and his successors. But at first glance, this Arabic synthesis left no room for Plato
and the Chaldean Oracles. In fact, the articulation of Aristotelian logical and physical …

A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and
religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of …

Recent scholars have tended to interpret 2 Corinthians 12: 1-10 as an attempt to belittle
ecstatic experiences, such as Paul's ascent to paradise, in favor of suffering in the service of …

Todo filósofo enfrentou ou enfrentará, em algum momento, dúvidas quanto ao que é
filosofia, qual vertente escolher, para que serve sua matéria, qual o melhor caminho a …

The American composer John Cage was famous for the expansiveness of his thought. In
particular, his borrowings from 'Oriental philosophy'have directed the critical and popular …

Der Mediziner, Naturphilosoph und Laientheologe Paracelsus (1493‒1541) behandelte
Bilder in verschiedenen Kontexten. In seinen frühen theologisch-polemischen Schriften, die …

This book is an attempt to assess the creative potential of alchemy as a master trope in
Coleridge's conception of authorship and imagination. It begins with a challenge to the idea …

Arguably one of the most familiar representations of the early modern occult adept is the
engraving in Heinrich Khunrath's Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae (1609), of a man …

When scholars analyze the relationship between Judaism and Christianity on the one hand,
and the practice of astrology and magic on the other, they are confronted with many biases …