|aWestern esotericism :|ba brief history of secret knowledge /|cKocku von Stuckrad ; translated and with a foreword by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.
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|aLondon :|bEquinox Pub.,|c2005.
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|axii, 167 p. :|bill. ;|c24 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-161) and index.
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|aIntroduction: what is esotericism? -- Esotericism in the ancient world -- The Kabbalah : understanding the hidden in the revealed -- The Renaissance : re-inventing the ancient world -- Esotericism in the confessional age -- Esotericism, enlightenment, science -- Institutionalised esotericism : secret societies -- Pioneer of modern esotericism : the theosophical society -- Esotericism and modernity.