SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions

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The Dybbuk

A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk, from kabbalistic tradition to popular folklore.

Theosophy across Boundaries

Offers a new approach to Theosophy that takes into account its global dimensions and its interaction with highly diverse cultural contexts.

Keys to the Beyond

Studies the original vocabulary of Frithjof Schuon, its relevance to comparative religion, and the status of metaphysical and theological terms in religion.

Personal Religion and Spiritual Healing

A unique historical study of the personal nature of religion, spirituality, and healing in the twentieth century based on the letters of ordinary people from around the world.

Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato

Argues that Socrates’ fundamental role in the dialogues is to guide us toward self-inquiry and self-knowledge.

Platonic Mysticism

Restores the Platonic history and context of mysticism and shows how mysticism helps us understand more deeply the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art.

The Problem of Disenchantment

Challenges the conventional view of a “disenchanted” and secular modernity, and recovers the complex relation that exists between science, religion, and esotericism in the modern world.

Talking to the Gods

Explores occultism in the writings of four authors who were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

Upstate Cauldron

A guide to the phenomenal crop of prophets, cults, and utopian communities that arose in Upstate New York from 1776 to 1914.

From Modernity to Cosmodernity

Offers a new paradigm of reality, based on the interaction between science, culture, spirituality, religion, and society.

Suckling at My Mother's Breasts

A fascinating discussion of the kabbalistic image of a nursing god, its historical context, and its theological implications.

Splendor of the True

A new anthology of the work of Frithjof Schuon that includes philosophical writings along with a selection of his poems, artworks, and unpublished writings from his personal papers.

Arguing with Angels

An exploration of John Dee’s Enochian magic of angel contact, its reinterpretation over the years, and its endurance to the present day.

Reason Unbound

A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy

The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason

Examines the relationship between diverse iterations of Rosicrucianism and the philosophy of the Enlightenment.

Eliphas Lévi and the French Occult Revival

A searching study of Eliphas Lévi and the French occult revival.

Western Esotericism

A survey of Western esoteric currents since late antiquity, with an emphasis on the last six centuries.

John Dee's Occultism

A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.

Meditations of Global First Philosophy

Traces the roots of logos in different cultural milieux.

Frithjof Schuon

A comprehensive introduction to the life and work of the preeminent expositor of perennial philosophy.

Green Man, Earth Angel

Argues for a renewed vision of the cosmos based on the centrality of the human encounter with the sacred.

Restoring Paradise

Explores European and American esoteric traditions as reflected in literature and in art.

Alchemist of the Avant-Garde

A fascinating book demonstrating the influence of alchemy and esoteric traditions on the mature art of Marcel Duchamp.