Thomas Vaughan and the Rosicrucian Revival in Britain

1648-1666
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51972-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 722 g

Reihe: Aries Book Series

The first scholarly book on Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666) draws from recent studies in Western esotericism to place his famously difficult writings in their proper context. It shows that they develop themes from a distinctively Rosicrucian synthesis of alchemy, magic, and Christian cabala. Vaughan introduced Rosicrucian documents to English readers and placed them in older philosophical contexts during the breakdown of censorship that followed the English Revolution against the old order in politics and religion. Willard’s book will appeal to students of early modern ideas about religion, science, and society as they were seen by an intelligent and eloquent outsider.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willard, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Eklektizismus, Esoterik, Anthroposophie, Theosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Willard (Ph.D. 1978) University of Toronto, is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Arizona. He has published articles and book chapters related to this study and, most recently, a collection of essays on nature in the pre-modern world.