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The author frames personal academic exploration with references to international conferences, specialist research, and collaborative reference projects that shaped contemporary understanding of the field. The work highlights ongoing intellectual inquiry and spiritual insight contributed by editors, contributors, and academic institutions, supported by bibliographical references and an index.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThe Western Esoteric Traditions  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThe Western Esoteric Traditions  \nA Historical Introduction  \nNICHOLAS GOODRICK-CLARKE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education.  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith offices in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam  \nCopyright © 2008 by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNicholas Goodrick-Clarke has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.  \nPublished by Oxford University Press, Inc.  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016  \n[www.oup.com](www.oup.com)  \nOxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas.  \nThe western esoteric traditions: a historical introduction/ Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-532099-2  \n1. Occultism. I. Title. BF141 1.G66 2008 135—dc22 2008009795  \n9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Clare, who has always shared the journey  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAcknowledgments  \nMy introductory history of the Western esoteric traditions is both the digest and fruit of many years’work in this fascinating and now rapidly expanding field. While I have worked this terrain since the mid-1970s, I owe a special debt of gratitude to friends and colleagues who have encouraged my interest in new directions. Here I should like to mention Ralph White, director of the New York Open Center, whose international conferences devoted to the Western esoteric traditions at Cesky Krumlov (1995), Prague (1997), Bardsey (1999), Florence (2000), Kutna Hora and Weimar (2006), and Granada (2007) have been an inspiration.  \nAnother dimension in my exploration of the field began in 2000, when I was invited to join the annual June conferences of the Palladian Academy, where I have enjoyed many interesting discussions with participants, including Jean-Pierre Brach, Antoine Faivre, Joscelyn Godwin, Claire Fanger, Deborah Belle Forman, Clare Goodrick-Clarke, Hans Thomas Hakl, Wouter Hanegraaff, Jean-Pierre Laurant, Christopher McIntosh, Marco Pasi, Kocku von Stuckrad, and Arthur Versluis. Their specialist studies and general perspectives on the field have, in their individual ways, been a constant source of intellectual stimulation and spiritual insight.  \nThese same years witnessed the gestation of the Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism, edited by Wouter Hanegraaff in collaboration with Antoine Faivre, Roelof van den Broek, and Jean-Pierre Brach. Again, their work and that of the many contributors, among whom I was privileged to work, have found its echo in this volume, and I must pay tribute to the indefatigable industry and expertise of the editors.  \nI should also like to express my gratitude to the trustees of the Blavatsky Trust for the far-sighted encouragement and financial support of the Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO), of which I am director, at  \nthe University of Exeter since 2005. 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