The notion that esotericism is a form of rejected knowledge has come back in style since the
publication of Wouter J. Hanegraaff's Esotericism and the Academy in 2012. The association …

While the literature on esoteric texts from antiquity through to the contemporary era is
growing, there has been comparatively little written so far about material objects in …

ALTHOUGH the notion of race was central to Theosophical doctrines, most historians have
avoided its thorough investigation. A scrutiny of this neglect can help us understand the …

“Double, double toil and trouble;/Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Thus chant the three
potion-brewing witches ominously in Shakespeare's Macbeth (4.1. 10–38). The witch's …

ThecaseIwishtomakeinthisessayissimple: racemattersinandforthestudy of esoteric ideas and
practice. And how could it not? Esotericisms do not develop in a vacuum, but in particular …

The academic study of esotericism is currently undergoing a phase of expansion and
diversification. This is true whether we look at the topics, geographical regions, and subject …

Tentatively, but finally, race has emerged as a category of analysis in the academic field of
esotericism. 1 The catalyst was, without a doubt, Esotericism in African American Religious …

This issue of Correspondences marks the journal's tenth year. We'd be lying if we said that
we were certain we'd make it this far. Jimmy Elwing and Aren Roukema founded the journal …

This article moves past discussing definitions of esotericism to clarifying the nature of
definition itself. After reviewing different approaches to definition, we argue that rigid …

New academic fields often go through lengthy periods of intense reflection, internal criticism,
and sometimes excruciating self-consciousness regarding …