Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation

Informationen zum Autor Henrik Bogdan teaches in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Göteborg University in Sweden. Klappentext Historical exploration of Masonic rituals of initiation. For more than three hundred years the practice of Masonic rituals of initiation has been part of Western culture, spreading far beyond the boundaries of traditional Freemasonry. Henrik Bogdan explores the historical development of these rituals and their relationship with Western esotericism. Beginning with the Craft degrees of Freemasonry-the blueprints, as it were, of all later Masonic rituals of initiation-Bogdan examines the development of the Masonic High Degrees, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn-the most influential of all nineteenth-century occultist initiatory societies-and Gerald Gardner's Witchcraft movement of the 1950s, one of the first large-scale Western esoteric New Religions Movements.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henrik Bogdan, Bogdan Henrik
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2007
• EAN: 9780791470695
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-7069-5
• Pagine: 235
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; RELIGION / History, History of Religion