Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity

by Wouter J Hanegraaff and Wouter J. Hanegraaff

In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of ancient wisdom. While many of their writings are lost, those that survived have been interpreted primarily as philosophical treatises about theological topics. Wouter J. Hanegraaff...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009123068
• ISBN13: 9781009123068
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"