Wisdom's children : a Christian esoteric tradition /
Versluis, Arthur, 1959-
Wisdom's children : a Christian esoteric tradition / Arthur Versluis. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1999. - 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations. - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions . - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.
History -- Bohme -- Johann Georg Gichtel and his circle -- The visionary science of Dr. John Pordage -- Jane Leade, the Philadelphians, and the doctrine of universal restoration -- Dionysius Andreas Freher, Allen Leppington, and William Law -- Johannes Kelpius and Pennsylvania theosophy -- Christopher Walton and his theosophic college -- The cycle of foundational doctrines -- The divine nature -- The divine emanation of worlds -- The fall of lucifer, humanity, and nature -- Spiritual regeneration -- Angelology and paradise -- The art of the soul's transmutation -- The science of imagination -- The eye in the heart -- The physiology of the soul -- Turning wrath into love -- Penetrating the merely astral -- Contexts -- Theosophy and gnosticism -- Alchemy and theosophy -- Theosophy and chivalry -- Theosophy, herbal medicine, magic, and astrology -- Implications -- Theosophy and modern science -- Toward a new psychology -- Hierohistory and metahistory -- Revelation, authority, and the apostolic tradition.
0585307636 (electronic bk.) 9780585307633 (electronic bk.) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1438422903 9781438422909
99024164
Mysticism.
Theosophy.
Occultism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mysticism--History.--Europe
Theosophy--History.
Hermetism.
Gnosticism--Influence.
Wisdom--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mysticism
Mysticisme.
Mysticisme--Histoire.--Europe
Théosophie.
Théosophie--Histoire.
Occultisme--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Hermétisme.
Gnosticisme--Influence.
Sagesse--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
mysticism.
theosophy.
hermetism.
RELIGION--Mysticism.
Occultism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Mysticism.
Theosophy.
Esoteric Christianity Western esoteric Protestantism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV5083 / .V48 1999eb
248.2/2
Wisdom's children : a Christian esoteric tradition / Arthur Versluis. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1999. - 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations. - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions . - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.
History -- Bohme -- Johann Georg Gichtel and his circle -- The visionary science of Dr. John Pordage -- Jane Leade, the Philadelphians, and the doctrine of universal restoration -- Dionysius Andreas Freher, Allen Leppington, and William Law -- Johannes Kelpius and Pennsylvania theosophy -- Christopher Walton and his theosophic college -- The cycle of foundational doctrines -- The divine nature -- The divine emanation of worlds -- The fall of lucifer, humanity, and nature -- Spiritual regeneration -- Angelology and paradise -- The art of the soul's transmutation -- The science of imagination -- The eye in the heart -- The physiology of the soul -- Turning wrath into love -- Penetrating the merely astral -- Contexts -- Theosophy and gnosticism -- Alchemy and theosophy -- Theosophy and chivalry -- Theosophy, herbal medicine, magic, and astrology -- Implications -- Theosophy and modern science -- Toward a new psychology -- Hierohistory and metahistory -- Revelation, authority, and the apostolic tradition.
0585307636 (electronic bk.) 9780585307633 (electronic bk.) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1438422903 9781438422909
99024164
Mysticism.
Theosophy.
Occultism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mysticism--History.--Europe
Theosophy--History.
Hermetism.
Gnosticism--Influence.
Wisdom--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mysticism
Mysticisme.
Mysticisme--Histoire.--Europe
Théosophie.
Théosophie--Histoire.
Occultisme--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Hermétisme.
Gnosticisme--Influence.
Sagesse--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
mysticism.
theosophy.
hermetism.
RELIGION--Mysticism.
Occultism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Mysticism.
Theosophy.
Esoteric Christianity Western esoteric Protestantism.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV5083 / .V48 1999eb
248.2/2