The Pseudo-Dionysios, the Esoteric, and (Christian) Mysticism

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We turn to the questions: What is ‘mystical’ in the Corpus Dionysiacum? What is esoteric? The answers we come up with involve pretty much every aspect of the western esoteric traditions, and, after all the initiatory liturgy, esoteric scriptural hermeneutics, and theandric activity are cleared away, there remains the ascent to ‘the ray of the divine shadow’.

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Prolegomena to the Development of the Shī‘a and of Shī‘ī Esotericisms in the Eighth Century and Beyond

Islām and Esotericism in the Eighth Century: The Umayyad Era and the Question of Islām as ‘Religion’

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Gerasimos Merianos on East Roman Alchemy in Late Antiquity and Beyond, Part II

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