Hidden Intercourse Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism

Name: Hidden Intercourse Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism
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ISBN: 9780823233410

ISBN-10: 0823233413

ISBN-13: 9780823233410

Edition: 2011

Authors: Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Jeffrey J. Kripal

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From rumors about gnostic orgies in antiquity to the explicit erotic symbolism of alchemical texts, from the subtly coded eroticism of medieval kabbalah to the sexual magic practiced by contemporary occultists and countercultural translations of Asian Tantra, the history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality. This volume, which brings together an impressive array of top-level specialists, is the first to analyze the eroticism of the esoteric without sensationalism or cheap generalizations, but on the basis of expert scholarship and attention to textual and historical detail. While there are few domains where the imagination may so easily run wild,…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 568
Size: 8.90" wide x 6.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694

Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History ofHermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, theNetherlands, and President of the European Society for the Study of WesternEsotericism.

William Echard is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music and Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.



Introduction: Things We Do Not Talk About



Sexuality and Sexual Symbolism in Hermetic and Gnostic Thought and Practice (Second-Fourth Centuries)



Conceiving Spirits: The Mystery of Valentinian Sex



Sexual Intercourse Between Humans and Demons in the Islamic Tradition



Murmuring Secrets: Eroticism and Esotericism in Medieval Kabbalah



Ta'anug: Erotic Delights from Kabbalah to Hasidism



Complications of Eros: The Song of Songs in John of Morigny's Liber florum celestis Doctrine



Under the Mantle of Love: The Mystical Eroticisms of Marsilio Ficino and Giordano Bruno



Revealing Analogies: The Descriptive and Deceptive Roles of Sexuality and Gender in Latin Alchemy



Probing Women and Penetrating Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe



Sensuous Relation with Sophia in Christian Theosophy



Deadly Dates: Bodies and Sex in Spiritualist Heavens



Sexual Mysticisms in Nineteenth Century America: John Humphrey Noyes, Thomas Lake Harris, and Alice Bunker Stockham



Paschal Beverly Randolph and Sexual Magic



The Knight of Spermatophagy: Penetrating the Mysteries of Georges Le Clï¿½ment de Saint-Marcq



The Yoga of Sex: Tantra, Orientalism, and Sex Magic in the Ordo Templi Orientis



The Theory and Practice of Sexual Magic, Exemplified by Four Magical Groups in the Early Twentieth Century



The Roar of Awakening: The Eros of Esalen and the Western Transmission of Tantra



List of Contributors


Index of Persons


Index of Subjects