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Egil Asprem, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Jean-Pierre Brach, École Pratique des Hautes Études, France
Carole Cusack, University of Sydney, Australia
Claire Fanger, Rice University, TX, USA
Christine Ferguson, University of Stirling, UK
Peter Forshaw, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ioannis Gaitanidis, Chiba University, Japan
Wouter Hanegraaff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Andreas Kilcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Birgit Menzel, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Sophie Page, University College London, UK
Marco Pasi, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aries

Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism

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Aries is the first academic journal specifically devoted to the study of esotericism. The journal publishes scholarly work, both empirically and theoretically driven, on all aspects of esoteric currents from antiquity to the present day, unrestrained by geographical and cultural location, and from a range of approaches in the humanities and social sciences. Esotericism is understood pragmatically as an umbrella term that covers a variety of historical currents, including but not limited to Gnosticism, Hermetism, theurgy, the Islamic science of letters, the “occult sciences” (magic, alchemy, astrology), kabbalah, Paracelsianism, Rosicrucianism, theosophy, illuminism, spiritualism and occultism, tantra and yoga, psychical research, traditionalism, neopaganism, alternative spiritualities, conspirituality, popular occulture, etc. Aries is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal publishing articles and book reviews in English, French, German, and Italian.

Published under the auspices of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).

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