Kapitel in diesem Buch

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