This article analyses experiential knowledge in the writings of the British occultist Aleister
Crowley's (1875-1947) writings, and more specifically the so-called Knowledge and …

This book examines the life of a nineteenth-to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri
Sabhapati Swami (Śrī Sabhāpati Svāmī or Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, ca. 1828-1923/4) and his …

This article illustrates textual-ritual entanglements in Western learned magic across almost
two millennia through an analysis of Frater Acher's Arbatel experience. Frater Acher is a …

“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 …

Except for a few studies that explore the intersections between esoteric ideas/practices and
white supremacy, race has largely been ignored in the field of Western esotericism. This …

In this article, we introduce the ContERN special issue on ethnographies of the esoteric.
While the study of esotericism has been dominated by historical-philological scholarship …

Sacred eroticism has been an important if neglected feature of Western esotericism from the
early modern era down to the present day. Founded in Romania, the Movement for Spiritual …

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 …

This dissertation challenges the way scholars have defined modernity in terms of inaccurate
dichotomies by comparing Max Weber (1864–1920), often considered the most important …

Abstract In 1920, the Swiss-American music teacher and occultist Leah Hirsig (1883–1975)
was appointed 'Scarlet Woman'by the British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) …