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Spiritual Alchemy : From Jacob Boehme to Mary Anne Atwood.

Spiritual Alchemy traces the early-modern antecedents of modern alchemy through generations of followers of Jacob Boehme, the cobbler and theosopher of Görlitz. Spiritual alchemy combines traditional elements of alchemical literature with Christian mysticism. In 1850, it inspired Mary Anne Atwood to...

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Main Author: Zuber, Mike A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Series:Oxford Stu Western Esotericism Ser.
Subjects:
Atwood, Mary Anne, > 1817-1910.
Böhme, Jakob, > 1575-1624.
Atwood, Mary Anne, > 1817-1910
Böhme, Jakob, > 1575-1624
Alchemy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Alchemy > Religious aspects > History.
Mysticism > History.
Religion and science > History.
Alchimie > Aspect religieux > Histoire.
Mysticisme > Histoire.
Religion et sciences > Histoire.
Alchemy > Religious aspects
Alchemy > Religious aspects > Christianity
Mysticism
Religion and science
Electronic books.
History
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Summary:Spiritual Alchemy traces the early-modern antecedents of modern alchemy through generations of followers of Jacob Boehme, the cobbler and theosopher of Görlitz. Spiritual alchemy combines traditional elements of alchemical literature with Christian mysticism. In 1850, it inspired Mary Anne Atwood to write her landmark Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery, usually seen as the first modern interpretation of alchemy. Drawing extensively on manuscript and otherwise obscure sources, Zuber challenges the received wisdom that posits a rupture between pre-modern and modern forms of alchemy.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.).
ISBN:9780190073053
0190073055