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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791443302

ISBN-139780791443309

eBay Product ID (ePID)538034

Product Key Features

Number of Pages370 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWisdom's Children : a Christian Esoteric Tradition

Publication Year1999

SubjectSpirituality, Theosophy, Philosophy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorArthur Versluis

SeriesSuny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN99-024164

Reviews"Wisdom's Children fills a major gap in the history of religion. It sympathetically introduces information and thought about a highly important and much neglected strand of modern Western spiritual philosophy."--Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal248.2/2

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Introduction Part One: History 1. Böhme 2. Johann Georg Gichtel and His Circle 3. The Visionary Science of Dr. John Pordage 4. Jane Leade, the Philadelphians, and the Doctrine of Universal Restoration 5 .Dionysius Andreas Freher, Allen Leppington, and William Law 6. Johannes Kelpius and Pennsylvania Theosophy 7. Christopher Walton and His Theosophic College Part Two: The Cycle of Foundational Doctrines Introduction 8. The Divine Nature 9. The Divine Emanation of Worlds 10. The Fall of Lucifer, Humanity, and Nature 11. Spiritual Regeneration 12. Angelology and Paradise Conclusion Part Three: The Art of the Soul's Transmutation 13. The Science of Imagination 14. The Eye in the Heart 15. The Physiology of the Soul 16. Turning Wrath into Love 17. Penetrating the Merely Astral Part Four: Contexts 18. Theosophy and Gnosticism 19. Alchemy and Theosophy 20. Theosophy and Chivalry 21. Theosophy, Herbal Medicine, Magic, and Astrolog Part Five: Implications 22. Theosophy and Modern Science 23. Toward a New Psychology 24. Hierohistory and Metahistory 25. Revelation, Authority, and the Apostolic Tradition Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

SynopsisProvides an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bohme, bringing us into a startling new world of Christian experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism. The first book in English to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bohme, Wisdom's Children brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is in fact the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism. With biographic introductions to major theosophers and detailed discussions of theosophic authors such as John Pordage, Jane Leade, Dionysius Freher, and Johann Gichtel-as well as a survey of their major theosophic cosmological and metaphysical teachings-this book is an indispensable guide to the hidden history of Protestantism and its ramifications today. With chapters discussing theosophy in relation to Gnosticism, magic, astrology, alchemy, and other Western esoteric traditions, Wisdom's Children is situated solidly in its historical context using primary works from the tradition itself. The book also provides unexpected insights into how this modern gnostic tradition speaks to us today, and suggests how this tradition could spark a "new Renaissance" to link spirituality, the arts, and the sciences in a new and encompassing vision., The first book in English to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bo¬hme, Wisdom's Children brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is in fact the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism. With biographic introductions to major theosophers and detailed discussions of theosophic authors such as John Pordage, Jane Leade, Dionysius Freher, and Johann Gichtel--as well as a survey of their major theosophic cosmological and metaphysical teachings--this book is an indispensable guide to the hidden history of Protestantism and its ramifications today. With chapters discussing theosophy in relation to Gnosticism, magic, astrology, alchemy, and other Western esoteric traditions, Wisdom's Children is situated solidly in its historical context using primary works from the tradition itself. The book also provides unexpected insights into how this modern gnostic tradition speaks to us today, and suggests how this tradition could spark a "new Renaissance" to link spirituality, the arts, and the sciences in a new and encompassing vision., Provides an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bo¬hme, bringing us into a startling new world of Christian experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.

LC Classification NumberBV5083.V48 1999