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Is there such a thing as Islamic esotericism?
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Mark Sedgwick
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- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 5
- Introduction: Thirty red pills from Hermes Trismegistus 9
- Aren’t we living in a disenchanted world? 13
- Esotericism, that’s for white folks, right? 21
- Surely modern art is not occult? It is modern! 29
- Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world? 39
- Numbers are meant for counting, right? 47
- Wasn’t Hermes a prophet of Christianity who lived long before Christ? 54
- Weren’t early Christians up against a gnostic religion? 61
- There’s not much room for women in esotericism, right? 70
- The imagination… You mean fantasy, right? 80
- Weren’t medieval monks afraid of demons? 88
- What does popular fiction have to do with the occult? 95
- Isn’t alchemy a spiritual tradition? 105
- Music? What does that have to do with esotericism? 113
- Why all that satanist stuff in heavy metal? 120
- Religion can’t be a joke, right? 127
- Isn’t esotericism irrational? 137
- Rejected knowledge… So you mean that esotericists are the losers of history? 145
- The kind of stuff Madonna talks about – that’s not real kabbala, is it? 153
- Shouldn’t evil cults that worship satan be illegal? 161
- Is occultism a product of capitalism? 168
- Can superhero comics really transmit esoteric knowledge? 177
- Are kabbalistic meditations all about ecstasy? 184
- Isn’t India the home of spiritual wisdom? 191
- If people believe in magic, isn’t that just because they aren’t educated? 198
- But what does esotericism have to do with sex? 207
- Is there such a thing as Islamic esotericism? 216
- Doesn’t occultism lead straight to fascism? 225
- A man who never died, angels falling from the sky… What is that Enoch stuff all about? 232
- Is there any room for women in Jewish kabbalah? 243
- Surely born-again Christianity has nothing to do with occult stuff like alchemy? 252
- Bibliography 261
- Contributors to this volume 305
- Index of Persons 309
- Index of Subjects 317
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 5
- Introduction: Thirty red pills from Hermes Trismegistus 9
- Aren’t we living in a disenchanted world? 13
- Esotericism, that’s for white folks, right? 21
- Surely modern art is not occult? It is modern! 29
- Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world? 39
- Numbers are meant for counting, right? 47
- Wasn’t Hermes a prophet of Christianity who lived long before Christ? 54
- Weren’t early Christians up against a gnostic religion? 61
- There’s not much room for women in esotericism, right? 70
- The imagination… You mean fantasy, right? 80
- Weren’t medieval monks afraid of demons? 88
- What does popular fiction have to do with the occult? 95
- Isn’t alchemy a spiritual tradition? 105
- Music? What does that have to do with esotericism? 113
- Why all that satanist stuff in heavy metal? 120
- Religion can’t be a joke, right? 127
- Isn’t esotericism irrational? 137
- Rejected knowledge… So you mean that esotericists are the losers of history? 145
- The kind of stuff Madonna talks about – that’s not real kabbala, is it? 153
- Shouldn’t evil cults that worship satan be illegal? 161
- Is occultism a product of capitalism? 168
- Can superhero comics really transmit esoteric knowledge? 177
- Are kabbalistic meditations all about ecstasy? 184
- Isn’t India the home of spiritual wisdom? 191
- If people believe in magic, isn’t that just because they aren’t educated? 198
- But what does esotericism have to do with sex? 207
- Is there such a thing as Islamic esotericism? 216
- Doesn’t occultism lead straight to fascism? 225
- A man who never died, angels falling from the sky… What is that Enoch stuff all about? 232
- Is there any room for women in Jewish kabbalah? 243
- Surely born-again Christianity has nothing to do with occult stuff like alchemy? 252
- Bibliography 261
- Contributors to this volume 305
- Index of Persons 309
- Index of Subjects 317
