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Esoteric Coffeehouse

http://www.esotericoffeehouse.com

The Esoteric Coffeehouse website addresses a wide range of esoteric subjects from a rigorous and substantial standpoint. Such topics include: alchemy, astrology, mysticism, magic, alternative medicine, theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Hermeticism, Freemasonry, Neoplatonism, the academic study of western esotericism, etc.

• Added on: Oct 31st, 2008
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Jo Hedesan
• Listed in: Spirituality Alternative Medicine
• Tags: lifestyle Mysticism research esoteric hermetic

Recent Posts

• On The Three Types of the Kabbalah: Sephirotic, Ecstatic and Lurianic

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 17:33 in Jewish, Mysticism, kabbalah, gematria, zohar, introductions, hebrew, ecstatic, gershom scholem, sephirot, isaac luria, book of splendor

  Since last time I wrote about the Christian Kabbalah, I thought I’d briefly talk about the Jewish Kabbalah as well, with the caveat that I’m not an expert in this. My conclusions here come from reading mainly books and articles by the best schola...

• The Foundation of Christian Kabbalah: The 900 Theses of Pico della Mirandola

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 18:33 in christian, General, kabbalah, gematria, hebrew, hermetic, ficino, pico della mirandola, sephirot

  At the foundation of Christian Kabbalah stands one man: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the original enfant terrible of the European Renaissance. At the tender age of 23, in 1486, Pico wrote and sent to the Pope 900 Theses of theology and philosophy w...

• Cornelius Agrippa: the Renaissance Magician and Faustian Hero

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 17:55 in Magic, renaissance, magician, faust, paracelsus, magus, hermeticism, ficino, agrippa, legendary figures, occult philosophy

  Today I want to talk about Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535), the most famous (or infamous) Renaissance magician. He is the author of one of the well-known compendium of Renaissance esotericism, On the Occult Philosophy (or De Occulta Philosophi...

• Paracelsus, the Man and His Natural Philosophy (II)

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 09:24 in alchemy, mercury, salt, sulphur, renaissance, aristotle, hermetic, galen, paracelsus, legendary figures

  Not many people liked Paracelsus during his lifetime, and even after his death his somewhat shady reputation followed him into the modern era. He was not a shy Copernicus who only published his discoveries after his death, or a reluctant Galileo who ...

• Paracelsus, the Man and His Natural Philosophy (I)

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 18:48 in medicine, Magic, humors, alchemy, renaissance, galen, paracelsus, neoplatonism, legendary figures, neoplatonic

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• The Renaissance Love Philosophy and Magic

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 13:02 in love, Magic, witchcraft, alchemy, Magnetism, inquisition, renaissance, giordano bruno, paracelsus, neoplatonism, hermeticism, ficino

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