Review of Rediscovering E. R. Dodds
This is a review from BMCR which slipped between the cracks in November, but is surely of interest to followers of this site. Stray, Christopher, C. B. R. Pelling and […]
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Islamic Occultism: In Theory and Practice
Courtesy of Liana Saif: here you find a description of the upcoming conference “Islamic Occultism: In Theory and Practice.” Not exactly ‘ancient’ in orientation (no pun intended), but absolutely relevant […]
Shi’ite Esotericism, Its Roots and Developments
Brepols has just published a new volume on Shi’ite Esotericism, its relationship to earlier Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, and Manichaean currents, and its various trajectories in Islam. It promises to be […]
The Occult World
December saw the publication of The Occult World (London: Routledge, 2014), edited by Christopher Partridge. “This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of […]
AncientEsotericism.org :: Network for the Study of Esotericism in Antiquity 