Professor Wouter J. Hanegraaff

This accessible introduction by the world’s leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the centre of modern research in the humanities. Reflecting updates in the field since the foundational publication Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2013), Wouter J. Hanegraaff demonstrates that the exclusion of "rejected knowledge" from normative accounts...