The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance

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The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance is written by Arthur Versluis and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195350049 (ISBN 10) and 9780195350043 (ISBN 13).

The term "Western esotericism" refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic. The early presence of esotericism in North America has not been much studied, and even less so the indebtedness to esotericism of some major American literary figures. In this book, Arthur Versluis breaks new ground, showing that many writers of the so-called American Renaissance drew extensively on and were inspired by Western esoteric currents.