Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and UnionsState University of New York Press, 5 oct. 1993 - 387 pages 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
Defining Gnosis | 111 |
The Gnostic Journey to the Ogdoad | 117 |
The Recital of the Chariot | 155 |
Muhammad and his Miraj | 181 |
Islamic Gnosis and the World of Imagination | 199 |
The Passage of Gnosis to the Latin West | 237 |
Notes | 269 |
Works Cited | 339 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions Daniel Merkur Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions Dan Merkur Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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