Initiation into the Mysteries. A Collection of Studies in Religion, Philosophy and the Arts

The present volume offers an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four studies to readers interested in the religious, philosophical and artistic aspects of initiation. In itself, the concept of initiation presupposes that there is an initiator, someone to be initiated, and a secret rite or knowle...

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description The present volume offers an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four studies to readers interested in the religious, philosophical and artistic aspects of initiation. In itself, the concept of initiation presupposes that there is an initiator, someone to be initiated, and a secret rite or knowledge – in short, a mystery – into which the elect few would be admitted and which must not be revealed to the rest. Initiation is thus very personal, as it encompasses – in Christian theology at least – an encounter with God but also involves a communal experience. While in a European context, initiation is an essentially Christian idea, not all the papers of the present volume turn to the Christian tradition for sources. Hermetism, Neoplatonism, pre-Christian paganism and Renaissance esotericism also find a place among the studies published here. Religion and philosophy are not the only viewpoints adopted by our authors, however; the section on art and literature discusses initiation as it appears on stage, in novels, short stories, and drama as well as poetry, especially in modern European literature.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1513682025-07-21T15:44:32Z Initiation into the Mysteries. A Collection of Studies in Religion, Philosophy and the Arts Daróczi, Anikó Sepsi, Enikő Vassányi, Miklós színháztudomány vallástudomány filozófia theater studies religious studies philosophy Irodalomelmélet, összehasonlító irodalomtudomány, irodalmi stílusok Literary theory and comparative literature, literary styles thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism The present volume offers an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four studies to readers interested in the religious, philosophical and artistic aspects of initiation. In itself, the concept of initiation presupposes that there is an initiator, someone to be initiated, and a secret rite or knowledge – in short, a mystery – into which the elect few would be admitted and which must not be revealed to the rest. Initiation is thus very personal, as it encompasses – in Christian theology at least – an encounter with God but also involves a communal experience. While in a European context, initiation is an essentially Christian idea, not all the papers of the present volume turn to the Christian tradition for sources. Hermetism, Neoplatonism, pre-Christian paganism and Renaissance esotericism also find a place among the studies published here. Religion and philosophy are not the only viewpoints adopted by our authors, however; the section on art and literature discusses initiation as it appears on stage, in novels, short stories, and drama as well as poetry, especially in modern European literature. 2025-02-16T12:10:21Z 2025-02-16T12:10:21Z 2025-02-10T11:17:59Z 2020 book ONIX_20250210_9782343206547_44 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98326 9782343206547 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/151368 eng Károli könyvek. Tanulmánykötet open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98326/1/9782343206547.pdf L'Harmattan Open Access L'Harmattan Open Access 10.56037/978-2-343-20654-7 10.56037/978-2-343-20654-7 abf06205-2c56-450a-94af-d4ef278eb8e4 9782343206547 L'Harmattan Open Access Budapest; Paris open access
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thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
Initiation into the Mysteries. A Collection of Studies in Religion, Philosophy and the Arts
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vallástudomány
filozófia
theater studies
religious studies
philosophy
Irodalomelmélet, összehasonlító irodalomtudomány, irodalmi stílusok
Literary theory and comparative literature, literary styles
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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vallástudomány
filozófia
theater studies
religious studies
philosophy
Irodalomelmélet, összehasonlító irodalomtudomány, irodalmi stílusok
Literary theory and comparative literature, literary styles
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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