Occult Spheres, Planes, and Dimensions: Geometric Terminology and Analogy in Modern Esoteric Discourse
This is an article on the history of religion and mathematics, which explores the origins and uses of geometric terminology in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century esoteric discourses, and inquires as to whether or not such adaptions are instances of the discursive strategy identified by Ola...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2016, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 385-404 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spiritism
/ Theosophy
/ Occultism
/ Swedenborg, Emanuel 1688-1772
/ Scientism
/ Spherical geometry
/ Terminology
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Theosophy B religion and mathematics B esoteric discourse B Dimensions B planes B Spiritualism |
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