Sri Aurobindo as a Case Study in Esoteric Textual Criticism Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, MD, MSc, PhD. Professor em. molecular pharmacology at University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, Quinta Quixote international yoga and meditation center, Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, Algarve, Portugal; magickjan7@gmail.com Abstract Esoteric texts can create an overwhelming impression of cognitive depth while yielding … Continue reading The Architecture of Higher-Knowledge Claims
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The Persistent Promise of Higher Knowledge
Occult Training, Human Development, and the Problem of Definition In the preface to his Geschichte der Magie of 1844, the physician and magnetic practitioner Joseph Ennemoser formulates what may be read as the central premise of his entire work: “Die wahre Magie liegt in den geheimsten innersten Kräften unseres Geistes.” True magic, he argues, lies … Continue reading The Persistent Promise of Higher Knowledge
Beyond the Boundary of Academia: Mapping the Dimensions of Trans-Academic Knowledge
Across cultures and centuries, forms of knowing have emerged that do not fit within institutional epistemologies. They are experiential, symbolic, or transformative rather than analytic or instrumental. Wouter J. Hanegraaff famously called this domain rejected knowledge, the “dustbin” of Western intellectual history, populated by the occult, the mystical, and the magical. Yet rejection is only … Continue reading Beyond the Boundary of Academia: Mapping the Dimensions of Trans-Academic Knowledge
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