The Western Esoteric Traditions offers a concise history of a distinct form of philosophical spirituality extending from Hermeticism, Neo-Platonism, and Gnosticism in the early Christian era up until the present. New paradigms in medicine and science attest to the continuity of esoteric ideas into the twenty-first century.Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Nicholas (Chair of Western Esotericism and Director of the Centre for the Study of Western Esotericism, Chair of Western Esotericism and Director of the Centre for the Study of Western Esotericism, University of Exeter) Goodrick-ClarkeIllustration(s): 30 halftonesNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 24Cover type: Hardback