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Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe esoteric discourse and Western identities / by Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- The two-fold pluralism -- The polemical construction of tradition -- The construction of Prisca Theologia -- Genealogies of wisdom -- Jewish perspectives -- Beyond tradition -- Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse -- Approaches to esotericism -- Secrecy as social capital -- Discourses of perfect knowledge -- Shared passions -- The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration -- Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity -- Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy -- The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics -- The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words -- The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah -- Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah -- Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache -- The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history -- Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology -- Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology -- Interferences -- Scientific encounters -- "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited -- John Dee : a scholar gone mad? …”
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Locations of knowledge in medieval and early modern Europe esoteric discourse and Western identities / by Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- The two-fold pluralism -- The polemical construction of tradition -- The construction of Prisca Theologia -- Genealogies of wisdom -- Jewish perspectives -- Beyond tradition -- Conceptualizing the study of esoteric discourse -- Approaches to esotericism -- Secrecy as social capital -- Discourses of perfect knowledge -- Shared passions -- The secrets of experience : wisdom beyond demonstration -- Neoplatonism and theurgy in late antiquity -- Experiential knowledge in Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy -- The secrets of texts : esoteric hermeneutics -- The readability of the cosmos : Europe's obsession with words -- The textile of the divine in early Kabbalah -- Linguistic ontologies in Christian Kabbalah -- Humanistic philology : universal languages and the quest for the Ursprache -- The secrets of time : astrology and sacred history -- Critical response to ancient traditions : medieval Arabic astrology -- Sharing Muslim knowledge : Christian astrology -- Interferences -- Scientific encounters -- "Occult sciences" : the science-religion divide revisited -- John Dee : a scholar gone mad? …”
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The gold leaf lady and other parapsychological investigations by Braude, Stephen E., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…-- The thoughtography of Ted Serios: a postscript -- The synchronicity confusion -- Postscript: some thoughts on astrology.…”
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The gold leaf lady and other parapsychological investigations by Braude, Stephen E., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…-- The thoughtography of Ted Serios: a postscript -- The synchronicity confusion -- Postscript: some thoughts on astrology.…”
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Long lives and untimely deaths life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Gerke, Barbara, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts -- pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context -- pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments.…”
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Long lives and untimely deaths life-span concepts and longevity practices among Tibetans in the Darjeeling Hills, India / by Gerke, Barbara, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The life-span and life-forces in Tibetan medical contexts -- pt. 4. The life-span in astrological and divinatory context -- pt. 5. Tibetan Buddhist long-life empowerments.…”
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The birthday book by Censorinus

Table of Contents: “…-- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.…”
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The birthday book by Censorinus

Table of Contents: “…-- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.…”
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Concealment and revelation esotericism in Jewish thought and its philosophical implications / by Halbertal, Moshe

Table of Contents: “…The paradox of esotericism : "and not on the chariot alone" -- The hidden and the sublime : vision and restriction in the Bible and in the Talmudic literature -- The ethics of vision : the attitude of early Jewish mysticism towards gazing at the chariot -- Concealment and power : magic and esotericism in the hekhalot literature -- Esotericism and commentary : Ibn Ezra and the exegetical layer -- Concealment and heresy : astrology and the secret of the Torah -- Double language and the divided public in the guide of the perplexed -- The breaching of the limits of the esoteric : concealment and disclosure in Maimonidean esotericism -- From transmission to writing : hinting, leaking and orthodoxy in early Kabbalah -- Open knowledge and closed knowledge : the Kabbalists of Gerona Rabbi Azriel and Rabbi Yaakov Bar Sheshet -- Tradition, closed knowledge and the esoteric : secrecy and hinting in Nahmanides' Kabbalah -- From tradition to literature : Shem Tov Ibn Gaon and the critique of Kabbalistic literature -- "The widening of the apertures of the showpiece" : Shmuel Ibn Tibon and the end of the era of esotericism -- Esotericism, sermons and curricula : Ya'akov Anatoli and the dissemination of the secret -- The ambivalence of secrecy : the dispute over philosophy in the early 14th century -- Esotericism, discontent and co-existence -- Taxonomy and paradoxes of esotericism : conceptual conclusion.…”
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Concealment and revelation esotericism in Jewish thought and its philosophical implications / by Halbertal, Moshe

Table of Contents: “…The paradox of esotericism : "and not on the chariot alone" -- The hidden and the sublime : vision and restriction in the Bible and in the Talmudic literature -- The ethics of vision : the attitude of early Jewish mysticism towards gazing at the chariot -- Concealment and power : magic and esotericism in the hekhalot literature -- Esotericism and commentary : Ibn Ezra and the exegetical layer -- Concealment and heresy : astrology and the secret of the Torah -- Double language and the divided public in the guide of the perplexed -- The breaching of the limits of the esoteric : concealment and disclosure in Maimonidean esotericism -- From transmission to writing : hinting, leaking and orthodoxy in early Kabbalah -- Open knowledge and closed knowledge : the Kabbalists of Gerona Rabbi Azriel and Rabbi Yaakov Bar Sheshet -- Tradition, closed knowledge and the esoteric : secrecy and hinting in Nahmanides' Kabbalah -- From tradition to literature : Shem Tov Ibn Gaon and the critique of Kabbalistic literature -- "The widening of the apertures of the showpiece" : Shmuel Ibn Tibon and the end of the era of esotericism -- Esotericism, sermons and curricula : Ya'akov Anatoli and the dissemination of the secret -- The ambivalence of secrecy : the dispute over philosophy in the early 14th century -- Esotericism, discontent and co-existence -- Taxonomy and paradoxes of esotericism : conceptual conclusion.…”
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From Goethe to Novalis : studies in classicism and romanticism : festschrift for Dennis F. Mahoney in celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Goethe seen anew: Egon Günther's film Lotte in Weimar -- The thematic significance of astrology in Schiller's Wallenstein -- The French Revolution as volcano: Goethe and Georg Forster -- Primeval formation: interpreting Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre with the help of Goethe's Urworte. …”
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From Goethe to Novalis : studies in classicism and romanticism : festschrift for Dennis F. Mahoney in celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Goethe seen anew: Egon Günther's film Lotte in Weimar -- The thematic significance of astrology in Schiller's Wallenstein -- The French Revolution as volcano: Goethe and Georg Forster -- Primeval formation: interpreting Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre with the help of Goethe's Urworte. …”
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Christian humanism essays in honour of Arjo Vanderjagt /

Table of Contents: “…Types of inconsistency in the astrology of Ficino and others / John North -- The metaphysical unity of music, motion, and time in Augustine's De musica / Stephen Gersh -- World without end : Nicholas of Cusa's view of time and eternity / Matthieu van der Meer -- Copernicus' Praefatio in libros revolutionum : humanism and scholarly debate / Marc van der Poel -- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples : humanism and hermeticism in the De magia naturali / Jan R. …”
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Christian humanism essays in honour of Arjo Vanderjagt /

Table of Contents: “…Types of inconsistency in the astrology of Ficino and others / John North -- The metaphysical unity of music, motion, and time in Augustine's De musica / Stephen Gersh -- World without end : Nicholas of Cusa's view of time and eternity / Matthieu van der Meer -- Copernicus' Praefatio in libros revolutionum : humanism and scholarly debate / Marc van der Poel -- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples : humanism and hermeticism in the De magia naturali / Jan R. …”
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Gendered Temporalities in the Early Modern World /

Table of Contents: “…Bryan, used by permissionFigure 4.1 'Astrological' or 'zodiac' man in a portable folding almanac, 1451-81. …”
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Gendered Temporalities in the Early Modern World /

Table of Contents: “…Bryan, used by permissionFigure 4.1 'Astrological' or 'zodiac' man in a portable folding almanac, 1451-81. …”
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Bishop John Vitez and Early Renaissance Central Europe : The Humanist Kingmaker / by Matić, Tomislav, 1984-

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Bishop John Vitez and Early Renaissance Central Europe : The Humanist Kingmaker / by Matić, Tomislav, 1984-

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