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Journal for the Study of Esotericism

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Book Cover for: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series, G. I. Gurdjieff

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series

G. I. Gurdjieff
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"The Concept of Human Self," by Makhabbad Maltabarova deals with George Gurdjieff's claim that people do not have a stable self-identity but instead comprise a set of personalities, which Gurdjieff initiated in his Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson. https://t.co/oWsbi6hY29 https://t.co/WVB2DQd4pF

Paperback, 1999

$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ficino in Spain, Susan Byrne

Ficino in Spain

Susan Byrne
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Juan Bubello reviews Susan Byrne's Ficino in Spain. Check it out! https://t.co/Hn3XbksdOk https://t.co/SqpAOV3CJq

Hardcover, 2015

$86.00Member price:$86.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World, Christopher Partridge

High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World

Christopher Partridge
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Check out Neşe Devenot's thoughts on psychedelic humanities in this double book review of Erik Davis's High Weirdness and Christopher Partridge's High Culture (in Correspondences Volume 9.1). https://t.co/fQve3yymSO https://t.co/tMCSUUlVih

Hardcover, 2018

$51.00Member price:$51.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies, Erik Davis

High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies

Erik Davis
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Check out Neşe Devenot's thoughts on psychedelic humanities in this double book review of Erik Davis's High Weirdness and Christopher Partridge's High Culture (in Correspondences Volume 9.1). https://t.co/fQve3yymSO https://t.co/tMCSUUlVih

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Book Cover for: Occult Imperium: Arturo Reghini, Roman Traditionalism, and the Anti-Modern Reaction in Fascist Italy, Christian Giudice

Occult Imperium: Arturo Reghini, Roman Traditionalism, and the Anti-Modern Reaction in Fascist Italy

Christian Giudice
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We've now published Milan Reith's review of Christian Giudice's Occult Imperium: Arturo Reghini, Roman Traditionalism, and the Anti-Modern Reaction in Fascist Italy (2022). The review can be found here: https://t.co/RSAtCyIWvh https://t.co/aKsyYwONJy

Hardcover, 2022

$125.00Member price:$125.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Credulity: A Cultural History of Us Mesmerism, Emily Ogden

Credulity: A Cultural History of Us Mesmerism

Emily Ogden
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Bastiaan van Rijn reviews Emily Ogden's Credulity, a history of US mesmerism that contributes to models of secularism by showing how many American mesmerizers saw themselves as disenchanted, yet used enchantment to manipulate the credulity of others. https://t.co/Hn3XbksdOk https://t.co/eVWeFK8z6S

Paperback, 2018

$30.00Member price:$28.50 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Recycled Lives: A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky's Theosophy, Julie Chajes

Recycled Lives: A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky's Theosophy

Julie Chajes
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Erin Prophet reviews Julie Chajes' Recycled Lives: A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky’s Theosophy. Check it out! https://t.co/Hn3XbksdOk #theosophy https://t.co/JQWBXDlGcI

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Book Cover for: Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters, Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters

Mary-Jane Rubenstein
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Timothy Grieve-Carlson reviews Mary-Jane Rubenstein's Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters (2018). Check it out! https://t.co/Hn3XbksdOk https://t.co/eTMq3IAiMh

Paperback, 2021

$26.00Member price:$26.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Reflexive Religion: The New Age in Brazil and Beyond, Anthony D'Andrea

Reflexive Religion: The New Age in Brazil and Beyond

Anthony D'Andrea
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Check out Susannah Crockford's review of Anthony d’Andrea's Reflexive Religion: The New Age in Brazil and Beyond (2018) from our current volume! https://t.co/jrWWehPOGP https://t.co/4bC8IPOQT0

Hardcover, 2018

$156.00Member price:$148.20 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis, Donald A. Westbrook

Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis

Donald A. Westbrook
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Aled J.L. Thomas reviews Among the Scientologists by Donald A. Westbrook. Check it out! https://t.co/Hn3XbkaCpK #Scientology https://t.co/X0bD6dRkcf

Hardcover, 2018

$68.00Member price:$68.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)