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AriesJournal for the Study of Western Esotericism

Edited by Roland Edighoff er (University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle), Antoine Faivre (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, Paris) and Wouter J. Hanegraaff (University of Amsterdam)

• 2007: Volume 7 (in 2 issues)• ISSN 1567-9896 /

E-ISSN 1570-0593• Institutional subscription rates

Print + e: EUR 105.- / US$ 133.- e-only: EUR 95.- / US$ 120.-

• Individual subscription ratesPrint only: EUR 49.- / US$ 62.-

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Aries is the fi rst professional academic journal specifi cally devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing new domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to as “Western Esotericism”. This fi eld covers a variety of “alternative” currents in western religious history, including the so-called “hermetic philosophy” and related currents in the early modern period; alchemy, paracelsianism and

rosicrucianism; christian kabbalah and its later developments; theosophical and illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th centuries, up to and including popular contemporary currents such as the New Age movement. Aries is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles and book reviews in English, French, German and Italian.

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Aries Book SeriesTexts and Studies in Western Esotericism

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Aries Book SeriesTexts and Studies in Western Esotericism

The Sacrifi cial Body and the Day of DoomAlchemy and Apocalyptic Discourse in the Protestant Reformation

The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan’s PoemsEsotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism

Katherine Barnes

• September 2006• ISBN-10 90 04 15221 0• ISBN-13 978 9004152 21 2• Hardback (xii, 324 pp.)• List price EUR 129.- /

US$ 168.-• Aries Book Series, 2

In 1914 a remarkable poetic work appeared in Sydney, Australia, written in the form of a Symbolist livre composé by one of Stephane Mallarmé’s earliest admirers, Christopher Brennan.The book, simply titled Poems, shows that Brennan was exploring pressing religious issues of his time. He melded Western esoteric currents such as alchemy and Rosicrucianism with Romantic literature and

philosophy and French Symbolist theory. This book argues that the focus of Poems is the notion of a higher self. It is the fi rst major study of Brennan’s work in this broad religious, philosophical and literary context. Its argument is supported by evidence from Brennan’s own library and the holdings of the Sydney library in which he worked.

Katherine Barnes, Ph.D. (2003) in English, Australian National University, is a lecturer in English at the Australian Defence Force Academy campus of the University of NSW. She is the author of several articles on Brennan and co-editor of Words for Their Own Sake: The Pursuit of Literature in an Economic Rationalist World (2004).

‘Erudite and impassioned, Katherine Barnes makes a powerful case for rediscovering Brennan’s beautiful and challenging poetry. By contextualising his work within the thought and poetry of Europe, particularly French and German romanticism, mysticism and symbolism, she allows us to see his poems in all their intricate richness, and to hear their wonderfully intense system of echoes. Not just Australians, but lovers of poetry worldwide owe her a debt of gratitude.’Rosemary Lloyd, Rudy Professor of French Indiana University.

Editor Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Editorial Board Jean-Pierre Brach, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Advisory Board Roland Edighoff er, Antoine Faivre, Olav Hammer, Andreas Kilcher, Arthur McCalla, Monika Neugebauer-Wölk, Marco Pasi, Mark Sedgwick, Jan Snoek, Michael Stausberg, Kocku von Stuckrad, Gyorgy Szönyi, Garry Trompf

Aries Book Series. Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism is the fi rst professional academic book series specifi cally devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing new domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to as “Western Esotericism”. This fi eld covers a variety of “alternative” currents in western religious history, including the so-called “hermetic philosophy” and related currents in the early modern period; alchemy, paracelsianism and rosicrucianism; christian kabbalah and its later developments; theosophical and illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th centuries, up to and including popular contemporary currents such as the New Age movement.

Urszula Szulakowska

• August 2006• ISBN-10 90 04 15025 0• ISBN-13 978 9004150 25 6• Hardback (xii, 180 pp., 56 pp.)• List price EUR 119.- /

US$ 155.-• Aries Book Series, 1

This study positions Paracelsian alchemy, medicine and medical physiology within the apocalyptic discourse of the Protestant Reformation. A comparison is made between alchemical theory concerning the perfectibility of prime matter and Christian

eschatological doctrine concerning human salvation through Christ’s sacrifi ce in universal history and in the ritual of the mass. A detailed analysis is made of the engraved illustrations constituting an integral part of the alchemical medicine and physiology of Heinrich Khunrath, Stefan Michelspacher, Jacob Boehme, Abraham von Franckenberg and Robert Fludd.

Urszula Szulakowska is a Lecturer in art-history at the University of Leeds. She has produced many publications on the history of alchemical illustration including The Alchemy of Light (Brill, 2000).

For your convenience Aries Book Series is available on standing order. Simply indicate the volume number from which you would like your standing order to commence. We will then automatically send you each new volume upon publication.

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