The western esoteric traditions : a historical introduction / Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Ancient hellenistic sources of western esotericism -- Italian Renaissance magic and Cabala -- Planetary and angel magic in the Renaissance -- Alchemy, Paracelsus and German naturphilosophie -- Jacob Boehme and theosophy -- Rosicrucianism -- High-grade freemasonry and illuminism in the eighteenth century -- Emanuel Swedenborg -- Mesmerism and spiritualism -- Ritual magic from 1850 to the present -- Helena Blavatsky and the theosophical society -- Modern esotericism and new paradigms.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-277) and index.