Essays about: "occultism"
Found 5 essays containing the word occultism.
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1. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : 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
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2. Western Esotericism references in Dario Argento’s triology The Three Mothers
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : 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
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3. “On an ecliptic Tuesday or Saturday the Tantrik practises several black arts.”
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : This thesis investigates descriptions of Tantra within nineteenth to twentieth century Theosophy. 34 accounts from two Theosophical periodicals, The Theosophist (1879–) and Lucifer (1887–97) published between the years 1879–1941 were analyzed by departing from thematic analysis and postcolonial theory. READ MORE
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4. The Quest for Gnosis : G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ReligionshistoriaAbstract : 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
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5. Views from the Great White Brotherhood : A study concerning notions about race in the teachings of the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucian Fellowship
University essay from Humanvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The nineteenth century witnessed a great deal interest in Esotericism, which resulted in the creation of a significant number of Occult organizations. Many of them were influenced by the Theosophical Society, arguably the most important of the groups that came into existence before the Great War, a further example being the Rosicrucian Fellowship. READ MORE
