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Antoine Faivre

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Antoine Faivre (5 June 1934 – 19 December 2021) was a French scholar of Western esotericism. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Academic study of Western esotericism, Alchemy, Aries (journal), École pratique des hautes études, Bloomsbury Publishing, Disenchantment, France, Germanic philology, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Max Weber, Microcosm–macrocosm analogy, Neoplatonism, Occult, Reims, Religion (journal), Syncretism, University of Paris, Western esotericism, Wouter Hanegraaff.

  2. Western esotericism scholars
  3. Writers from Reims

Academic study of Western esotericism

Western Esotericism is an academic discipline of research, scholarship, and education that focuses on the history of Western esotericism.

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Alchemy

Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe.

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Aries (journal)

Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the academic and historical study of Western esotericism.

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École pratique des hautes études

The, abbreviated EPHE, is a French postgraduate top level educational institution, a. EPHE is a constituent college of the Université PSL (together with ENS Ulm, Paris Dauphine or Ecole des Mines).

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Disenchantment

In social science, disenchantment (Entzauberung) is the cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion apparent in modern society.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Germanic philology

Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.

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Gnosticism

Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek:, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: ɣnostiˈkos, 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.

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Hermeticism

Hermeticism or Hermetism is a philosophical and religious system based on the purported teachings of Hermes Trismegistus (a Hellenistic conflation of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth).

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Max Weber

Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.

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Microcosm–macrocosm analogy

The microcosm–macrocosm analogy (or, equivalently, macrocosm–microcosm analogy) refers to a historical view which posited a structural similarity between the human being (the microcosm, i.e., the small order or the small universe) and the cosmos as a whole (the macrocosm, i.e., the great order or the great universe).

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.

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Occult

The occult (from occultus) is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.

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Reims

Reims (also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.

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Religion (journal)

Religion is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Religious studies, edited by the religion academic scholars Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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University of Paris

The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.

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Western esotericism

Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to classify a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society.

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Wouter Hanegraaff

Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Antoine Faivre and Wouter Hanegraaff are Western esotericism scholars.

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See also

Western esotericism scholars

Writers from Reims

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Faivre