Gnosis traces the use of powerful gnostic visionary techniques from Hellenistic Gnosticism and Jewish merkabah mysticism, through Muhammad, the Ismaeilis, and theosophical Sufism to medieval neoplatonism, and renaissance alchemy.
Table des matières
PrefacePart One: Jung, Active Imagination, and the Gnostic-Alchemical Hypothesis
1. The Study of Mystical Experiences
2. Jung, Silberer, and Active Imagination
3. Theories of Spiritual Alchemy
4. The Alchemical Production of Gold
Part Two: A History of Gnosis
5. Defining Gnosis
6. The Gnostic Journey to the Ogdoad
7. The Recital of the Chariot
8. Muhammad and his Mi’raj
9. Islamic Gnosis and the World of Imagination
10. The Passage of Gnosis to the Latin West
Notes
Works Cited
Index
A propos de l’auteur
Dan Merkur is a Lecturer in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.Achetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 387 ● ISBN 9781438412863 ● Taille du fichier 587.9 MB ● Maison d’édition State University of New York Press ● Publié 1993 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7665661 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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