No:12 (2020)
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Western Esotericism and Literature
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Playing With Esotericism. Frank Heller’s Novel Andarna och Furustolpe (The Spirits and Furustolpe) and His Short Stories on Séances
(LIR. journal, 2020)Frank Heller (pen name of Ph.D. Gunnar Serner, 1886–1947) published suspense fiction from 1913 to 1947, mostly adventure stories, but also some in the crime genre and some science fiction. He had a keen eye for the ... -
From Chorazin to Carcosa. Fiction-Based Esotericism in the Black Pilgrimage of Jack Parsons and Cameron
(LIR. journal, 2020)Rocketeer, poet, and polyamorous proto-feminist, Jack Parsons (1914-1952) is one of the earliest and most legendary followers of Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) and his religion Thelema in America. A precocious only child ... -
Gustav Meyrink’s The Golem. A Sensationalist Shlock Novel or an Esoteric Vision of the World?
(LIR. journal, 2020)Gustav Meyrink lived in a time when the interest in spiritism, theo sophy and occult phenomena was widespread. He joined about every esoteric society available, attended séances, ex pe rimented with diets and drugs, and ... -
Esoteric Encounters. The Queen of Sheba in Solomon’s Temple
(LIR. journal, 2020)How do literary motifs migrate and translate into esoteric imagination? What is their mutual interdependence? The case discussed in this article, an episode in the half-fictitious, half-documentary Voyage en Orient ... -
Editorial - Introduction
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