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# Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity

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Review: This book is helpful for those on a path of Hermetic spirituality, written by one of the top experts on the subject. Academic, but also deeply insightful.
Review: The author argues the embodied condition, spiritual practice, & translating the untranslatable. For the latter the author chooses the receptivity of Gadamer over the paranoia of Derrida. He examines the “drug” of the written word. He finds scholarly interpretations of Nous, Logos & imagination have lead us astray; as have Greece & Christianity over Egypt & Islamic transmission. An interesting, well-written book, where publication lag time is an advocate for earlier release of affordable, common paperbacks following their traditional, highly priced hardback versions. Almost a metaphor for what the author argues.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Customer reviews | 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars (22) |
| Dimensions  | 15.24 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm |
| Edition  | New |
| ISBN-10  | 1009123068 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1009123068 |
| Item weight  | 762 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 400 pages |
| Publication date  | 30 June 2022 |
| Publisher  | Cambridge University Press |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***Y on 7 December 2025*

This book is helpful for those on a path of Hermetic spirituality, written by one of the top experts on the subject. Academic, but also deeply insightful.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by 3***8 on 21 September 2025*

The author argues the embodied condition, spiritual practice, & translating the untranslatable. For the latter the author chooses the receptivity of Gadamer over the paranoia of Derrida. He examines the “drug” of the written word. He finds scholarly interpretations of Nous, Logos & imagination have lead us astray; as have Greece & Christianity over Egypt & Islamic transmission. An interesting, well-written book, where publication lag time is an advocate for earlier release of affordable, common paperbacks following their traditional, highly priced hardback versions. Almost a metaphor for what the author argues.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by P***S on 12 August 2022*

This book represents a step backward, again, in historical time for Hanegraaff, who first wrote about New Age spirituality, then (that which has been designated as) esotericism. Yet as he does so, he reveals more and more about the ways in which we construct our own identities in the modern, secular, Western world. This is his first book of specialist textual analysis, bookended by meditations and analysis that continue his ongoing project. I really enjoyed his careful and tentative reconstruction of Hermetic spirituality, but I did find the middle of the book much less exciting than his previous books. Lastly, it's a gripe I rarely bring up, but it is disappointing that this book comes in print-on-demand format. It's very expensive. At least the POD quality is high, as far as the printing is concerned. There were no lightly printed areas. I guess it was inevitable that even first-run academic books would become POD: Brill has been doing this for years. Yet why then this doesn't lower the high price, always justified by low print runs, is beyond me. Thank you.

## Frequently Bought Together

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