As shamelessly advertised on this blog before, there were several esotericism-and-science-related things happening at this years quinquennial world congress of the International Association of the History of Religion (IAHR) in Toronto. There was a three-session panel on esotericism, organized by my colleague Marco Pasi, and a two-session panel on science, religion and the arts in the early 20th century (under the title Seduced by Science), organised by my colleague Tessel Bauduin and myself. Having had more than a week now to overcome what was only a minor jet lag after all, it is time for a short report on events.
Esotericism, Religion and Science in Toronto – report on the IAHR (part 1)
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- History of science
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- Psychology
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Tags: Aleister Crowley, AMORC, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bnei Baruch, Cecile Wilson, Christian Science, cognitive theory of religion, David Bohm, Emile Durkheim, Ernest Savory, First Church of Christ, Francisco Santos Silva, Gemma Kwantes, George C. Duncan, IAHR, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Kabbalah, Kabbalah Center, Kandinsky, marco Pasi, New Age, Orlando Fernandez, Richard Charles Jackson, Scientist (Toronto), Sherlock Holmes, Spiritualism, Tessel M. Bauduin, Theosophy, unconscious, William Ramp, Yehuda Ashlag

Occult Trajectories towards Science: the conclusion of a course
Last semester I taught an MA course on the troubled relationship between science and esotericism in the post-Enlightenment era. I blogged about some of the classes earlier, particularly on mesmerism (here and here), spiritualism, the interactions with the ideological superstructures of naturalism and positivism (here and here), Frederic Myers, William James and psychical research, and the encounter between Jung and Pauli. It’s a diverse subject, which can go in very different directions. To show a bit of the diversity, I will briefly present some of the papers that were submitted. (more…)
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on August 25, 2010 at 7:23 pm
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Tags: A.W. van Renterghem, Anouk van Deursen, Coué Instituut, Dominik Hasler, Emile Coué, Emile Durkheim, Franz Anton Mesmer, Frederik van Eeden, Gabriel Tarde, Gustave Le Bon, Henri Ellenberger, humbug, hypnotism, imitation, Marquis de Puységur, Mia Kloek-Pirée, Natalie Dollar, P. T. Barnum, somnambulism
Tags: A.W. van Renterghem, Anouk van Deursen, Coué Instituut, Dominik Hasler, Emile Coué, Emile Durkheim, Franz Anton Mesmer, Frederik van Eeden, Gabriel Tarde, Gustave Le Bon, Henri Ellenberger, humbug, hypnotism, imitation, Marquis de Puységur, Mia Kloek-Pirée, Natalie Dollar, P. T. Barnum, somnambulism
