Alternative Traditions & Esotericism Books

New and Published Books

1. William James's Hidden Religious Imagination

   A Universe of Relations

   By Jeremy Carrette

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   This book offers a radical new reading of William James’s work on the idea of ‘religion.’ Moving beyond previous psychological and philosophical interpretations, it uncovers a dynamic, imaginative, and critical use of the category of religion. This work argues that we can only fully understand...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Occult Philos Elizabethan Age

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. Imagining the Pagan Past

   Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages

   By Marion Gibson

   Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain’s pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent romance and, worse,...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Gender and Power in Contemporary Spirituality

   Ethnographic Approaches

   Edited by Anna Fedele, Kim Knibbe

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   This book explores the entanglements of gender and power in spiritual practices and analyzes strategies used by spiritual practitioners to attain what to social scientists might seem an impossible goal: creating spiritual communities without creating gendered hierarchies. What strategies do...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gods and Diseases

   Making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing

   By David Tacey

   Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few. Many mental health problems are on the increase such as depression, phobias and anxiety with no...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Mrs Annie Besant

   A Modern Prophet

   By Theodore Besterman

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   Having already published a bibliography on Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman in this book continued with the story of her life. She was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator who lived between 1847 and 1933.Originally published in 1934, this work is fascinating...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
7. Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

   Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1916 and 1995, Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy offers a selection of scholarship covering various facets of alchemical traditions. Some texts examine alchemy itself while some offer insight into the motives for alchemical research and others...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
8. John Dee's Natural Philosophy

   Between Science and Religion

   By Nicholas Clulee

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

   This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone interested in the history, literature and scientific developments of the Renaissance, or...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Renaissance Drama of Knowledge

   Giordano Bruno in England

   By Hilary Gatti

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

   Giordano Bruno’s visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama. This book explores Bruno's...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Secret Tradition in Alchemy

    Its Development and Records

    By Arthur Edward Waite

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

    A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism. It outlines some of the ‘secret’ inner meanings to alchemy -...

    Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge