1st Edition
Philosophical Perspectives on Esotericism From the 19th Century to the Present
Editor’s Introduction Olli Pitkänen
Part I: Substantial and Methodological Questions
1. Esoteric Endeavours in Philosophy Zsuzsanna Kondor
2. Philosophical Askesis as an Esoteric-Mystical Exercise Marina Christodoulou
3. Mystical Ensemble: (Re)Defining Mysticism Antti Piilola
4. (Meta-)Reflecting the Other: Peter Hamilton-Giles’ Occult Philosophy Adas Diržys
5. The Intensification of Myth: Esotericism and Literature in Furio Jesi Emanuele Curcio
Part II: Historical Perspectives
German Romanticism and Idealism
6. Kabbalah and Romanticism James von Orelli
7. Schelling, Hegel, and Esotericism Glenn Alexander Magee
8. Hegel and Levinas on the Notion of Esoteric Thought Stavros S. Panayiotou
Post-Idealism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism
9. Gnosis and the Aporetic Notion of Truth: Heidegger and Meister Eckhart Erik Kuravsky
10. Cosmic Harmony and an Unseen Order: On Mysticism, Panpsychism, and Philosophical Temperaments in William James Sami Pihlström
11. The Starry Heavens Within: Roy Bhaskar and the Theosophical Depths of Critical Realism Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
12. Materialising the Occult: Matter, Spirit, and Image in the Two Bergsons John Ó Maoilearca
13. A Phenomenology of the Esoteric: On “Soul” and “Time” Tareq Ayoub
Biography
Olli Pitkänen is a postdoctoral researcher (Academy of Finland, “Esoteric Thought in Philosophy from the 19th Century to the Present” 2022–2025) at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has authored several articles on German idealism, evil, and esotericism.
