Overview
- The first full length examination of the role and historical participation of women in Western Esotericism
- Focuses primarily on modern figures from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries
- Considers the theoretical implications of widening inquiry within the field of Western Esoteric studies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities (PSNRAS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Race, Place, and Othering
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Rethinking Influence, Power, and Authority
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About this book
This book is the first collection to feature histories of women in Western Esotericism while also highlighting women’s scholarship. In addition to providing a critical examination of important and under researched figures in the history of Western Esotericism, these fifteen essays also contribute to current debates in the study of esotericism about the very nature of the field itself. The chapters are divided into four thematic sections that address current topics in the study of esotericism: race and othering, femininity, power and leadership and embodiment. This collection not only adds important voices to the story of Western Esotericism, it hopes to change the way the story is told.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Amy Hale is an anthropologist and folklorist specializing in contemporary esoteric history, art and culture. Co-edited collections include New Directions in Celtic Studies, and The Journal of the Academic Study of Magic 5. She has written widely on surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, and is the author of the Colquhoun biography Genius of the Fern Loved Gully.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Essays on Women in Western Esotericism
Book Subtitle: Beyond Seeresses and Sea Priestesses
Editors: Amy Hale
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76889-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76888-1Published: 22 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76891-1Published: 23 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76889-8Published: 21 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2665
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 401
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Religion, History of Religion, Religious Studies, general, Anthropology