Essays about: "Esotericism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Esotericism.

  1. 1. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Thomas Hans Sune Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Humayun; Mughal; esotericism; Arabic Hermeticism; Sufism; syncretism; occultism in Islam; magic;

    Abstract : Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun (1508-1556), simply known as Humayun, was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is often known with a discredited image in history even though recent investigations show a new, different, and regenerated perspective about him. READ MORE

  3. 2. Western Esotericism references in Dario Argento’s triology The Three Mothers

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Emilie Spagnoli; [2023]
    Keywords : Occultism; Esotericism; film critic; Steiner; feminine power; gender; Dario Argento; horror cinema; Suspiria; Inferno; The Mother of Tears;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the influences and references, with a particular focus from occultism and western esotericism, found in the film trilogy of The Three Mothers directed by Dario Argento. The trilogy composed of Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother of Tears was produced in a timeframe of thirty years from 1977 to 2007, so it embeds three decades, it also reflects the willingness from the director to disconnect himself from the usual representation of supernatural and horror films of witches and power. READ MORE

  4. 3. Syncretism, Cosmology And Sexology In The Neo-Gnostic Doctrine Of Samael Aun Weor

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Thomas Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Samael Aun Weor; gnosis; neo-Gnosticism; esotericism; syncretism; cosmology; sexual magic; religious sexology.;

    Abstract : Abstract. The overall aim of this study is to examine the Neo-Gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor (1917-1977). The research question will inquire his main ideas in relation to syncretism, cosmology, and sexology. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Quest for Gnosis : G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Paulina Gruffman; [2020]
    Keywords : theosophy; theosophical society; gnosis; g.r.s. mead; helena blavatsky; annie besant; c.w. leadbeater; occultism; esotericism; western esotericism; new religious movements; new spirituality; quest society; the quest; teosofi; teosofiska samfundet; gnosis; ockultism; esoterism; västerländsk esoterism; nyreligiösa rörelser;

    Abstract : G. R. S. Mead is an important but neglected historical personality of the British fin-de-siècle occult, Theosophical, and post-Theosophical milieu. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Newer New Age. Irony and the Enchantment of Atheism in Syntheist Religion

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Robert Wedin; [2016-01-29]
    Keywords : religious reconfiguration; contemporary esotericism; irony; atheism; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study how the stipulations of religious thought changes as society gets increasingly digitalized, life become more virtual and people get interconnected through the internet. The thesis engages with the new religious movement Syntheism, which is considered to be an example of said changes. READ MORE