Conference – Imagining the Divine
Via Earl Fontainelle – information re: the upcoming conference, Imagining the Divine. Topics to be discussed perhaps relevant to followers of this website may include Manichaeism, Serapis, and magical amulets. […]
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Correspondences 4 Online
The latest issue of Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism is online in its entirety. This issue covers a wide range of material, including ancient and […]
Wendt on Marx-Wolf, Spiritual Taxonomies
BMCR has just published Heidi Wendt‘s review of Heidi Marx-Wolf, Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority: Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E. Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Philadelphia: […]
Call for Papers: Towards Feminist Reading of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Magic and Mystery Traditions
Courtesy of the ISNS mailing list: CALL FOR PAPERS Otherwise than the Binary: Towards Feminist Reading of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Magic and Mystery Traditions A now common critique of […]
Gnose et manichéisme. Festschrift Dubois
I have been waiting with bated breath for some time for the volume honoring the work of Jean-Daniel Dubois, a luminary of scholarship on Gnosticism and Manichaeism, to appear. Brepols […]
First issue of Gnosis: Journal for Gnostic Studies Published
The theme of the issue is “Gnostic Countercultures,” with a slew of papers on Gnosticism (sensu lato) and transgression. Topics covered range from ancient Gnostic sources to Neoplatonic theurgy, the […]
Call for papers: Arcanum
Ingrid Lotze has sent out the following call for papers for a special journal issue on esotericism and medieval sources. It certainly is a (relatively) neglected subject. Watch this space! […]
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