Topics
Editorial subject paths
Alchemy
A symbolic and operative tradition concerned with transformation.
Theurgy
Sacred ritual philosophy oriented toward divine participation.
Hermeticism
A family of texts and practices associated with Hermes Trismegistus.
Astrology
A symbolic cosmology relating celestial order to earthly life.
Kabbalah
Jewish mystical tradition and its later Christian and esoteric receptions.
Gnosticism
A family of ancient currents centered on gnosis, cosmic exile, aeons, archons, and awakening.
Freemasonry
An initiatic fraternity with symbolic, architectural, and moral teachings.
Mysticism
Disciplines of contemplative experience and union with ultimate reality.
Philosophy
The love of wisdom as metaphysical, ethical, and contemplative inquiry.
Christian Mysticism
Contemplative and symbolic currents within Christian tradition.
Symbolism
The study of images, signs, rites, and correspondences.
Sacred Architecture
Built forms designed around cosmology, ritual, proportion, and meaning.
Western Esotericism
A scholarly umbrella for currents of hidden, initiatic, and alternative knowledge.