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Ancient Mystery Cults by Walter Burkert: An Hon...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the section on the dying-and-rising pattern and on the limits of the evidence. Quick Answer Almost everything popularly believed about the ancient mysteries comes from...
Mysticism East and West by Rudolf Otto: An Hone...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the divergence argument and the section on how later comparative scholarship treated the book. Quick Answer Otto took the two mystics most likely to be...
Eros and Magic in the Renaissance by Ioan Couli...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the assessment of the advertising thesis and the comparison with Yates. Quick Answer Couliano's claim is that the Renaissance magician and the modern advertiser are...
The Cantong Qi: An Honest Review of Chinese Alc...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the section on the internal and external readings and on the commentary tradition. Quick Answer This is the root text of Chinese alchemy, and it...
The Theosophical Enlightenment by Joscelyn Godw...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the sections on Egyptomania and on the political background. Quick Answer The occult revival was not a return to ancient wisdom, it was assembled in...
Mysticism Sacred and Profane by R. C. Zaehner: ...
Last Updated: October 2026. Expanded the assessment of the ranking argument and the later constructivist debate. Quick Answer Zaehner took mescaline in order to prove Huxley wrong about it, and...