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  3. Der Occultismus des Altertums
    Volume 1: Akkader, Babylonier, Chaldäer, Assyrier, Meder, Perser, Inder Ägypter, Hebräer
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 November 2015
    24 May 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139176507
    9781108044363
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139176507
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    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.57kg, 450 Pages
    • Subjects:
    History of Ideas, History, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    Subjects:
    History of Ideas, History, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    A leading German theosophical writer, Karl Kiesewetter (1854–95) published several influential works in the years just before his early death. They included a history of modern esotericism (1891), a biography of Mesmer (1893, also reissued in this series), studies of John Dee and of the Faust legend (both 1893), and this two-volume account of occult beliefs and practices in the ancient world (1895), which was completed by Ludwig Kuhlenbeck (1857–1920), a scholar of ancient philosophy and law. Volume 1 focuses on the civilisations of the ancient Near East, including Babylon, Persia, Egypt and Israel, and also contains a chapter on South Asia. Each general description is followed by more detailed investigations of particular aspects of that community, such as individuals (Zoroaster), practices (divination, healing and magic), teachings and texts (the Kabbalah and the Bundehesh), together with textual excerpts (in German translation).

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