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Esotericism and Deviance
The concept of deviance has been central to the academic study of (Western) esotericism since its inception. This book, being the proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), explores the relationship between esotericism and various forms of deviance (as concept, category, and practice) from antiquity until late modernity. The volume is the first to combine incisive conceptual explorations of the concept of deviance and how it informs and challenges the study of esotericism alongside a wide range of empirically grounded case discussions.
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell's critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil, continuing in this volume the story from the Reformation to the present.
The Beribboned Bomb
Surrealism was ostensibly directed at the emancipation of the human spirit, but it represented only male aspirations and fantasies until a number of women artists began to redefine its agenda in the later 1930s. This book addresses the former, using a 'thick description' of the historically specific circumstances which required the male Surrealists to manufacture a sexual reputation of narcissism and misogyny. These circumstances were determined by 'hegemonic masculinity', an ideological construct which had little to do with individual masculinities. In male Surrealism, the 'beribboned bomb' signified something both attractive and volatile, a specific instance of the Surrealist principle of convulsive beauty. In hegemonic masculinity, similar devices served as metaphors of the sexuality all men were supposed to possess. The intersection of these two axes produced an imagery of unrepentant violence.
The Prince of Darkness
The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles - throughout history the Prince of Darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here chronicles the remarkable story of the Devil from antiquity to the present. While recounting how past generations have personified evil, he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.After a compelling essay on the nature of evil, Russell uncovers the origins of the concept of the Devil in various early cultures and then traces its evolution in Western thought from the time of the ancient Hebrews through the first centuries of the Chr...
The Invisible Master
Leo Zagami's groundbreaking study of aliens and UFOs explores where we come from and which mysterious figures have guided humanity's political and religious choices. From the prophets to the initiates and magicians, all ages have drawn from a common source of ultra-terrestrial and magical knowledge, passed down for millennia. This text reveals the identity of the unknown superiors, secret chiefs, and invisible masters who have guided Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and others. Zagami speaks of the existence of multidimensional doors used by the various Illuminati to let other beings into our world, while alluding to the latest discoveries of quantum physics for support. This shocking text will be embraced by those willing to look beyond the everyday to analyze our world's most puzzling circumstances.
The Devil's Popess
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Studies on Western Esotericism in Central and Eastern Europe
These papers examine how occult and esoteric themes appear in visual and verbal media, connecting to intellectual history, literature, the arts, present day pop culture, and religious practices. The topics range from the witchcraft motives in the love poetry of the 15th-century Humanist poet, Conrad Celtis; through the activities of Polish and Russian theosophists; Croatian, Greek, Polish painters of the spiritual; the philosophy of wine by the Hungarian esoteric philosopher Béla Hamvas; to contemporary Serbian magic and neo-shamanism. Two studies touch upon the influence of Freemasonry and the Kabbalah in Western esotericism, and, although these are not specifically Central European topics, they provide parallel perspectives to what the other papers of the collection are investigating.
Ernest (de) Gengenbach
Ernest (de) GENGENBACH, séminariste défroqué pour avoir fait la noce avec une théâtreuse, fut adoubé par André BRETON. Epigone du Surréalisme, figure de la scène intellectuelle parisienne, s'affichant ensoutané, KIKI de Montparnasse sur les genoux, il multiplia les apostasies spectaculaires suivies de retours à Dieu, il séduisit et trahit aussi bien BRETON que SARTRE, MARITAIN que le R.P. RIQUET. Evêque autoproclamé d'une église cathare dont le précepte était "Au début était le sexe" il ne célébra jamais sa Messe d'Or mais prit part à des messes noires. CLOUZOT faillit tourner son scénario, Judas, un biopic sataniste. Vivant de la générosité de maîtresses âgées et de celle de l'Eglise, il écrivit à Paul VI, lors du concile Vatican II, lui proposant de devenir le convertisseur des intellectuels athées. Emissaire du Vatican et du général de GAULLE il crut pouvoir garder l'Algérie à la France. Une vie picaresque, des livres qui sont autant d'hagiographies mais surtout un passionnant témoignage de l'Abbé surréaliste sur les plus éminents intellectuels et hommes d'Eglise de son époque.
Satan à Paris
" Il y a beaucoup de livres aux étalages des libraires, dont on aurait pu donner les manuscrits au chiffonnier, sans que la terre frémisse dans ses entrailles. Ce que j'écris ici s'adresse à ceux qui ne sont pas des boîtes à musique perforées, à ceux qui existent en deçà et au-delà de leur vie et j'ai la prétention de ranimer des volcans éteints. " Réechanter " un monde glacial, automatisé et sans âme ", voilà ce à quoi aspire l'œuvre de ce jeune prêtre défroqué, accueilli par les surréalistes en 1927 et fondateur d'un culte sataniste. Dans ce texte plein d'humour qu'emportent délire schizophrène et rythme endiablé du jazz, Genbach " parvient à concilier comme nul autre n'a su le faire un amour du religieux et son amour du profane " (André Breton). Il tente en outre, par la transgression érotique, de rendre au corps sa " beauté convulsive " et glorieuse.
The Esoteric Secrets of Surrealism
A profound understanding of the surrealists’ connections with alchemists and secret societies and the hermetic aspirations revealed in their works • Explains how surrealist paintings and poems employed mythology, gnostic principles, tarot, voodoo, alchemy, and other hermetic sciences to seek out unexplored regions of the mind and recover lost “psychic” and magical powers • Provides many examples of esoteric influence in surrealism, such as how Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon was originally titled The Bath of the Philosophers Not merely an artistic or literary movement as many believe, the surrealists rejected the labels of artist and author bestowed upon them by outsiders, acce...
