Forms and Currents of Western Esotericism

[From the Italian language press]:

Così, anche in Italia l’esoterismo non è più qualcosa di “oscuro” e appannaggio di pochissimi studiosi, come Michael Fuss, Jean-Pierre Brach, Antoine Faivre, Francesco Zambon ed altri illustri ricercatori che alla Fondazione G. Cini (Venezia, 29 – 30 ottobre 2007), hanno animato il Convegno internazionale su: "Forme e correnti dell'esoterismo occidentale".

La Gazzetta di Sondrio, Italia - venerdì 30 novembre 2007 - di Maria de Falco Marotta

So now esotericism is no longer an "obscure" matter belonging to very few scholars like Michael Fuss, Jean-Pierre Brach, Antoine Faivre, Francesco Zambon and others illustrious researchers who animated the International Study Conference on "Forms and currents of Western Esotericism" at the Foundation Giorgio Cini (Venice, 29-30 October 2007).

Professor Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, B.A., D.Phil. (Oxon), a Professor of Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter and director of its Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO), presented the connections between Christian, Jewish and Islamic esotericism, outlining some fields of research that are open to further investigations.

The article is an exhaustive report from this International Study Conference. Interested not-Italian speaking readers can access a detailed introduction to the conference and informations about the panelists at the English section of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini's website: http://www.cini.it/english/attivita/eventi/evento.php?ideventi=1537

[Picture: Poliphilo at the three doors leading to the divine way to Virtue, the worldly way to Vice, and the central way to Love, from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco Colonna, Venice, 1499.

The MIT press in collaboration with the Design Knowledge Systems Group at the Technical University of Delft, placed a complete electronic facsimile of the original Hypnerotomachia Poliphili online in 1997: http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HP/hyp000.htm]