“A dense and scholarly book about... the relationship between the Nazi party and the
occult... reveals stranger-than-fiction truths on every page.”—Daily Telegraph The Nazi …

This chapter holds that the demarcation “Western” is a significant shortcoming of the study of
esotericism. While it has helped to draw the contours of an emerging field in its earlier …

In recent discussions about the study of esotericism, the adjective “Western” has come under
critical scrutiny. Shouldn't “esotericism” be understood as a global rather than just a Western …

Fin-de-siècle occultism is usually regarded within the context of an “occult revival” that
implies the modernization of an older esoteric tradition. However, this notion is rooted in …

Die Studie behandelt den religiösen Charakter der wichtigsten sozialistischen Strömungen
unter der Julimonarchie und ihr erstaunliches Fortbestehen in neuen religiösen …

It is often assumed that the history of 19th-century France was determined by a struggle
between anti-religious progressive reformers and Catholic reactionaries, culminating in …

Throughout Western history, from late antiquity to the present, there have been a number of
related theological and philosophical currents that have been rejected as profane within …

One of the most interesting aspects of the academic study of Western esotericism, as it has
developed in the last twenty years, is precisely the qualification of this phenomenon as …

In recent discussions about its global dimensions, esotericism is conceived as a “Western
European” phenomenon “spread” or “diffused” from Western Europe to the rest of the world …

Zusammenfassung Der Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Esoterik und Rechtsextremismus
wird im Folgenden sowohl aus historischer als auch aus gegenwartsbezogener Perspektive …