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absence 34, 142, 146–149, 162, 207, 221
alchemy, alchemical 185, 201–202, 235, 245, 379, 395
allusions 3, 100, 103, 107–109, 111
Ambrose/Ambrosius 20, 156, 162
America/American 293, 322–326, 328–342
anthropology/anthropological 252, 264, 266, 297, 305
antiquity/ancient 3, 5, 12, 14, 23, 26, 30–31, 36–37, 89, 93, 96, 109, 139–144, 146, 148–149, 151, 156–160, 163–164, 191, 283, 328, 369, 378, 386, 391–392
apocryphal, apocryphoi 12, 53, 59, 192
apostle 24, 39, 100–101, 104, 109, 125
appropriation 171, 173, 177, 191, 194, 196, 200–201, 204, 219, 234, 295
arcane 4–6, 11, 23, 30, 49, 82, 87–88, 172–173, 175, 178, 193, 205, 379, 389–390
art/artistic 35, 99, 319, 335, 337–342, 382, 388
ascent 79–80, 390
Assmann, Jan/Aleida 3–4, 26, 52, 68–69
Athens 10, 19, 39–40
attraction, attractiveness 5, 7, 11, 19, 35, 99, 110–111, 175, 181, 233, 252, 391
authentic 7, 68, 234, 322, 336–337, 339, 386
authority 28, 89, 116, 119, 122–125, 128, 130–131, 134–135, 145, 187, 207, 267, 275, 299, 326, 385
baptism 24, 57, 101–102, 111, 154, 155, 161–162
Bateson, Gregory 264, 270, 302
bible/biblical 54, 58, 59, 96, 102, 143, 160, 285, 324
blank space 7, 13, 24, 32–35, 37–38, 40–41, 48, 52, 65–67, 69, 71, 100, 108, 116, 120, 128, 131–135, 139–140, 146, 149, 159–160, 162–163, 207, 215–216, 220–221, 226, 319–321, 329, 340–342
Blavatsky, Helena Petrowna 380, 384, 386–388
Bourdieu, Pierre 24, 350
Buddhism/Buddhist 3, 11, 21, 35, 171–208, 214–216, 219–234, 238–246, 252, 387
Burkert, Walter 3, 5–7, 21, 30, 36, 68
celebration 139, 146, 150, 156, 300
celestial 86, 88, 89, 179, 213, 233, 245
China 172–173, 181–182, 189, 200, 213–216, 222, 227, 232, 237–238, 243–244, 347
Christ/Christi 9, 24–26, 90, 93, 101–103, 107, 109, 116–121, 124–135, 140, 144, 147–149, 152–153, 159–162
Christianity/Christian 3, 5–6, 11–12, 17–18, 20, 24–31, 35, 40, 54, 57, 60, 77, 89–90, 93, 95, 100–101, 107, 111–112, 132, 134–135, 139–159, 162–164, 261, 277, 284–286, 288–290, 293–294, 322, 328, 351, 380, 382, 386, 391, 395
church 17, 21, 30, 57, 71, 73, 90, 111, 132, 134, 139–140, 147, 154, 156–157, 159–160, 286, 294, 384
Clement of Alexandria 6, 25, 53, 152, 158
code, coded 148, 180, 187, 198, 237, 263–265, 267–271, 277, 279, 286–287, 301–308
commentary/commentaries 202–204, 215, 218–220, 222–231
communication 2, 8–11, 13, 18, 24, 32, 34–35, 48–51, 66–67, 109, 126–127, 149, 157, 263–271, 277, 279, 287, 295, 301–304, 306–307, 329, 383
communion 144, 160, 175
comparative 6, 16–17, 62, 174
concealment/conceal 6, 10, 27–28, 51–52, 156, 162, 261, 268–274, 276–277, 279, 288–289, 294–295, 301–306, 353, 355
concept/concepts 1, 3, 13, 16, 20, 26, 30, 32, 38, 41, 47–48, 52, 59, 66, 69, 71–72, 84, 101, 104, 140, 147–148, 164, 171–172, 174–179, 181, 189, 199, 204, 207–208, 214–216, 218–219, 221, 226, 231, 233, 238–240, 243, 245, 251, 263, 265, 270, 272–277, 286, 305, 325–328, 331, 350, 378, 380–382, 388–389, 391, 393–394, 396
of secret 13, 20, 53, 139
conflict 1, 143–145, 324, 332, 336, 354, 380, 382, 394
confrontations 243–244, 325–326, 335
contact 1, 5–7, 10–11, 13, 16–18, 23–24, 29–41, 48, 52, 55, 58, 61, 65–66, 69–72, 77, 95–96, 104, 109, 116, 118–120, 130, 132–133, 140, 143, 148–149, 153, 155–157, 159, 163–164, 174–175, 177, 179, 191, 213–214, 224, 226, 237–238, 243–245, 263–266, 269, 281, 288–289, 295, 297–301, 304–307
contradiction 2, 15–16, 36, 386
contrast 16, 27, 36, 80, 94–96, 105–106, 108, 160, 262, 265, 272–273, 281, 283, 285, 287288, 290, 303, 322, 328, 340, 381–382, 391
Corinthians 9, 118–120, 124, 142–143, 148
cosmology 177–179, 277, 379
covenant 23, 133, 139, 148, 234–237
covert 172, 264–266, 268, 277, 290
cult/cults/cultic 5, 21, 31, 34, 62, 66–68, 93–100, 103, 108, 110–111, 121, 152, 158, 163–164, 193, 198–200
Cyprian of Carthage 24, 150–151
dao 174, 233
Daoism 171–178, 180, 182–183, 186–187, 189–193, 200–205, 207, 208, 213–216, 218, 226–228, 229, 232–234, 236–240, 243–246, 248, 250–252
Daoist 171–187, 189, 191–208, 213, 215–216, 218–219, 224, 226, 229, 231–234, 236, 239, 241, 243–248, 250–252
darkness 94, 106–108
death 4, 6, 55, 57, 94, 96, 99, 101–104, 106–108, 111, 140, 146–148, 181, 229, 237, 293–294, 338, 352, 354, 360–361, 368
deception 266, 268, 270, 324
demarcation 23, 94–95, 99, 109–111, 155–157, 181
descent 79, 281, 283, 291–293
diffusion 19, 63, 234, 239, 243, 386
Dionysus/Dionysian 62, 66, 68, 96–97, 99–100, 108–110, 112
disciple/disciples 56, 57, 60, 61, 105, 107–108, 145, 160, 180, 183, 190–191, 213, 223, 230, 233–234, 240–242, 245, 251, 275, 358, 366, 387
disguise 17, 47, 196, 270–273, 303–304, 331, 347, 356–357, 359
dissolution 6, 20, 25–26, 30, 394
distinction 4–5, 21–22, 26, 35, 65, 82, 88, 125, 142, 171, 201, 226, 228, 265–266, 268–271, 276, 279–281, 288, 290, 302–303, 305, 336, 354, 371, 391
divinity, divine 10, 21–23, 26, 34–35, 49–50, 62, 77–80, 82–84, 86–90, 123, 128–132, 135, 171–173, 175, 178–179, 181–182, 186–189, 192, 198, 200–201, 207, 235, 249, 261–262, 274–275, 278, 281, 360, 364, 387
dynamics 7, 10, 53, 95, 112, 120, 129, 140, 148–149, 151, 163–164, 233–245, 260, 263–266, 271, 281–282, 292, 295, 304, 306, 321, 324, 331, 335, 341, 349, 354, 381
ecstatic 79–81, 123
Egypt/Egyptian 4, 22, 28, 52, 55, 61–69, 93, 97–98, 155
Eleusis 6, 19, 31, 93–94, 102–103, 108
encounter 35, 107, 120, 135, 173, 179, 214, 264, 320, 323, 329, 340, 355, 358, 359–360
endogenous 18, 23
enlightenment 29, 35, 203, 379–382, 388–394
epistemological 1–2, 18–19, 82, 162, 214, 216–221, 231, 239, 268
eschatological 9, 96, 146–147, 162, 181, 188
esotericism/esoteric 7, 12, 17–19, 22, 25–27, 31, 57–58, 78, 82, 87–88, 120, 171–173, 175–177, 180–183, 185–191, 193–194, 198, 200, 205, 207–208, 227, 232–234, 237, 239, 243, 245, 248, 250–252, 266, 275, 278–279, 290, 293–294, 302, 305, 352, 378–396
exclusion 15–16, 24, 27, 29, 35, 37, 100, 104, 111, 130–131, 134, 266–267, 270–271, 294, 304
exegesis 55, 331
exoteric 88, 89, 201, 233, 238–239, 243–245, 248, 252, 279, 282, 293, 302, 305
Ezekiel 78–79, 89
fear 157, 274, 304, 320–321, 324, 328, 331, 339–342, 385
formation 7, 16–17, 20, 28, 48, 127, 153, 177–179, 182, 244, 246, 265, 267, 269–270, 292, 296, 298, 304, 306–307, 368
freemasonry 5, 9, 14, 28–29, 379, 383, 388–393
fundamentalist 332–333
Galatians 118–120
gentile/gentiles 24, 26, 86, 99, 111, 117–119, 121, 124, 126–128, 130–134, 141
gnostic 7, 12, 28, 30, 53–54, 384
gospel 24, 26, 40, 48, 53–60, 71, 100, 104–109, 111, 116–119, 121–122, 125–126, 129–131, 134, 145–146, 154, 160–161
Greece 63–64, 66–68
heaven/heavenly 23, 78–81, 84, 86–89, 94, 102, 105, 111, 123, 139, 178–179, 182, 184, 187, 189, 193, 195–196, 200, 201, 203–204, 214, 216–219, 225, 232, 239–243, 248–250
Hellenistic 10, 28, 31, 40, 59, 93, 96, 97, 100–112
hermeneutics 86, 175, 177, 207, 225, 328
hermetic 19, 27, 178, 188, 190, 198, 384, 392, 395
Herodotus 47, 61–69, 157
hidden 3–4, 7, 21–23, 26–28, 49, 55–61, 83–87, 99, 103, 120–121, 123, 125, 128, 131–132, 135, 174, 179, 182, 189, 208, 215, 217, 252, 263, 267, 269–271, 278, 281, 289–291, 298, 302, 304–305, 331, 349, 370–371
identity 10, 16, 20–21, 28, 30–31, 49, 99, 101, 106, 110–111, 118–120, 127–128, 132–134, 144, 180, 196, 199, 267, 272–273, 280–281, 286–287, 289–292, 295, 305, 327–328, 330, 333, 339, 347, 368, 370
ignorance 100, 121–122, 156, 250, 325, 371, 386
imagination 32, 178, 331, 341–342, 349, 358, 395
immortality 179, 181–182, 185–187, 218, 232, 238, 244–245
inclusion 16, 27, 35, 37, 95, 99–100, 104, 111, 117, 129–131, 133, 181, 266, 270, 359
Indian 55, 177, 206, 329, 335–336, 362, 364–365
inscription, inscribing 32, 39–40, 81, 156, 219, 221, 248, 319
insiders 82, 119, 125–126, 135, 157, 265, 267, 303–304
interaction 27, 32, 37–38, 93, 104, 111, 118–120, 149, 163, 214–215, 243, 263–267, 277, 281, 287, 297, 301, 303, 329, 336
interface 10, 13, 26, 32, 35, 37–38, 64–65, 67, 69, 140, 163, 214
interreligious, intrareligious 9, 29, 39, 71, 78, 83, 89, 93, 140, 148–149, 151, 154, 164, 264–266, 269, 281–282, 288–289, 295, 299, 301, 305–307
invocation 156, 181, 197–198, 201
Iran 354, 356–357, 362
Ishmael 79, 81, 84, 86, 88
Isis 26, 30, 66–68, 94, 104, 386–387
Islam 10, 22, 30, 261–262, 272–276, 278, 280–281, 288, 299, 320–323, 325–329, 333–335, 340, 342, 346, 351–353
Israel 22, 78, 84–90, 98, 117–118, 121–122, 124, 127, 131–135, 385
Jerusalem 85, 97–100
Jesus 55–61, 90, 101–102, 105–109, 116, 144–150, 160–161, 261
Jews/Jewish 10–12, 17–18, 20, 26, 29, 31, 55, 77–78, 80, 93, 95–100, 103–104, 106, 108–112, 116–121, 123–124, 126–130, 132–135, 141–142, 156, 277, 286, 328, 350, 384–386
John Chrysostom 155, 157, 159–161, 163
journey 78–81, 84, 86–89, 123, 274, 336
Judaism 12, 20, 22, 24–25, 29–30, 59, 82–83, 85, 88, 93, 95–97, 99–101, 108, 110–111, 132, 134, 328, 386
Kant, Immanuel 4, 5, 25, 49, 394
knowledge 8, 11, 18–20, 26–28, 30, 34, 36–39, 64, 68, 77, 82, 85–89, 96, 103, 106–107, 119, 121–129, 142, 183, 218, 245, 260, 265–271, 277, 280, 290, 294, 296, 303–304, 331, 349, 352, 361, 371, 378–384, 386, 388, 391–392, 394
Koselleck, Reinhard 5, 14, 389–391
language 2–3, 5–6, 8, 10, 18–20, 25, 34, 47–48, 50–56, 59–61, 63–66, 68–71, 85, 95, 104, 111, 123, 141, 148, 152–154, 173, 177, 179, 191, 198, 206, 225, 284–285, 297, 300, 327, 336, 362, 364–365
Laozi 174, 219, 224, 228–229
Lévi, Eliphas 380, 384, 388
liturgical 80, 139, 145, 148, 151, 156–158, 160, 183, 294
lodges 390–391
magic/magical 80–81, 84–85, 87, 171–172, 175–178, 181–182, 185, 192–196, 199, 201, 205, 379, 384–385, 389, 395
mantra 193–194, 197–199, 201, 205
material, materiality 7, 16, 23, 33, 53, 63, 104, 152, 157, 172, 175, 178–179, 194–195, 197, 199–200, 205, 233–234, 237, 239, 243, 276, 325, 327, 341
meal 110, 139–154, 162, 164, 301
medicine 182, 195
meditation 122, 185, 201, 208, 218, 220, 365, 367
Mediterranean 31, 36, 142, 276, 282, 292
mercy 86, 120–123, 129–131
messiah 86, 90, 107
metaphor 15, 17, 67, 85–86, 102–104, 121, 144, 148, 152–153, 203, 230
method 60, 63, 66, 171–177, 180, 182–187, 192, 196–197, 199, 204–208, 221, 224, 230–235, 243–245, 248, 250, 279, 305
methodological 1, 96, 109, 142–144, 152, 164, 381–382
minority/minorities 29, 87, 260, 262, 274, 276, 283, 286, 292, 298, 324, 327, 346–347, 350, 355
missionary 100, 353, 365, 367
mistrust 283, 321–322, 324, 329, 331, 335, 337, 340–341
model forms 32
modernity 11, 378–381, 388, 394
monks 183, 241, 244
mosque 286, 289–290, 300–301, 324, 333–334
Muhammad 261–262, 274, 280, 322–323, 352, 364
Muslim 29, 38, 261–262, 274–275, 277, 283, 286, 288–289, 300, 319–331, 333–337, 3390–340, 342, 346, 348–352, 361, 366, 369
mysteries (ancient), Mystery cults 3, 5–6, 12, 19, 21–23, 26, 28–30, 35–37, 50, 57, 66–68, 86–87, 93–96, 99–112, 123, 128, 151–153, 157–164, 172, 175, 205, 225, 227, 249, 353, 389–391, 393
mysterion (μυστήριον) 5, 24, 94–96, 100, 108, 111, 116, 120–135, 140, 151– 157, 159–163
mystery 3–6, 9–10, 13, 20–21, 24–25, 27, 29, 38, 49–50, 66–67, 69, 93, 95–96, 103–108, 110, 116, 120, 123, 125, 131, 135, 139, 153, 161–163, 172, 175–177, 186, 207, 213–233, 241–242, 244, 277–279, 288, 305, 388, 390, 393
mystic, mystical 10, 78, 80, 123–124, 261, 278, 280, 288–289, 359, 361, 365, 391
myth 36–37, 67–69, 94, 108–109
narrative 32–33, 39, 55–56, 67, 69–70, 106–111, 116, 118–119, 129, 145–146, 149, 160, 336, 346, 352, 357–358, 360–364, 366–372, 379, 381
Nirvana 223, 232
novice 266–267, 291, 294, 304
observance 190, 289, 296, 346–353, 355, 357
occult 18, 190, 383–384, 386
offerings 160, 183, 201, 234–237, 239–243, 250–252
order 21, 23, 214, 218, 233, 250, 356–357, 361–362, 366, 368, 384, 391, 393, 396
Origen 6, 21, 25, 27, 152, 153, 155, 158–159
origins 140, 186, 214, 218, 261, 322, 356, 363, 379, 390
orthodox 22, 71, 204, 246, 250, 283–286, 288, 387
outsiders 31, 100, 118–119, 125–126, 157, 205, 233–234, 250, 252, 260, 265, 267–268, 277, 287, 290, 292–294, 297, 300, 303–305, 343, 348
pagan 3, 6, 29, 99, 106, 143, 148, 151–153, 156–159, 163–164, 261
Pakistan 332–334, 347, 362, 364
Palestine 99, 110
paradigm, paradigmatic 2, 57, 100, 140–141, 145, 174, 384, 388–389, 394
paradox 12, 25, 27, 86, 106, 222, 270, 301, 303, 321, 350–352, 389
passage 53, 79–80, 84–85, 87–88, 100, 104, 116, 121, 123, 126–127, 132, 134, 135, 147, 152, 160, 189, 193, 199, 202, 217, 221, 227, 239, 243, 248, 250, 290, 328, 392
Paul 24, 39–40, 100–104, 109, 111, 116–117, 119–135, 139, 143–149, 162, 319
perception 3, 4, 7–8, 11, 51, 60, 117, 120–121, 127–128, 130, 133, 135, 174, 267–271, 277–279, 289, 320, 328, 336
persecution 275–276, 283, 326, 346, 354, 357, 360–361
Persia, Persian 10, 38, 355–359
phenomenology, phenomenological 5, 24, 33, 51–52, 58, 60–61, 66–67, 70, 71, 81, 149, 335, 396
phenomenon 5–6, 14, 18, 31, 35, 48–49, 51–53, 60, 71, 80, 95, 157, 163, 174, 177, 323, 333, 342, 347, 369–370, 381, 386, 390, 392
philosophy 18, 25, 50, 56, 59–60, 70, 174, 224, 228, 244, 248, 279, 359, 379–380, 382, 385, 393, 395
piety 39, 50, 63, 65–66, 68, 80
pilgrimage 274, 286, 290, 360, 368–369
pledge 234, 236–237, 239–243, 250–252
poetry 33, 358, 361, 365
polemics/polemical 97, 100, 247, 250, 319–325, 327–330, 342
politics 4, 17–18, 49, 260, 263–266, 269, 271–272, 275–277, 279–282, 288, 290, 292–302, 304–306, 333, 379
practice 6, 8–9, 22, 25, 27, 50, 66–67, 80, 110, 123, 126, 141–146, 152–153, 158, 175–176, 181, 183–187, 189–190, 200, 207–208, 217–218, 225, 232, 240, 245, 250–251, 270, 272–277, 279–281, 287–292, 294, 297–298, 325–326, 328, 346–352, 355–356, 361, 364, 371, 381, 391–392
praise 79, 83, 134
prayer 85, 88–89, 172, 201, 249, 2890–293, 296, 300–301
propagation 220, 227, 247, 248, 370
prophet 78, 261–262, 274–275, 279–280, 322, 327, 352–353, 364, 369, 385
rabbi, rabbis 20, 24, 78–79, 87–89, 385
Ramadan 288, 327
reception 94–95, 111, 117, 122, 135, 150, 152, 160–161, 232, 358–359, 379, 387
religion 2, 3–4, 6, 14, 17, 19, 23, 27–30, 36, 38, 47, 49, 50, 52–53, 56, 62, 63, 66–71, 77, 98–100, 110, 112, 163, 174, 178, 207, 213–214, 226–228, 243, 250–252, 263, 266, 273, 287–289, 292, 296, 298, 304, 307, 321, 323, 325, 328–329, 332, 340, 348–350, 353–355, 378, 380–382, 385–387, 392
resurrection 9, 101–102, 104, 107–108, 111, 139, 150
reveal, revealed 3, 7, 9–10, 12, 19, 22–24, 26, 28, 48, 56–58, 70, 84, 86–87, 94, 101, 103, 106–107, 123, 128, 172–173, 184, 189, 205, 207, 234, 247, 261, 271, 274, 290, 293–295, 301–304, 321, 329, 337, 339–340, 342–343, 348–349, 379, 385, 387
revelation 8, 12, 28, 56–57, 85–89, 95–96, 103, 105, 107–108, 111, 120, 123–124, 171–187, 191, 214, 233, 261, 293, 295, 303–304, 306, 385
ritual 35, 51, 57–58, 62, 80, 99, 139–142, 144–149, 151–156, 159–160, 162–164, 171–177, 180, 183–184, 188, 192–194, 197–207, 234, 247, 251–252, 273, 289–294, 296, 301, 307, 363–364
Roman/Romans 28, 35, 93, 97, 99, 102, 106, 111, 116–117, 120, 124, 127, 129–130, 141
sacraments 26, 150, 154, 161, 181
sacred 8, 12, 23, 53, 67, 69, 71, 139, 152, 158, 182–183, 186, 239, 261, 288, 330, 352, 360, 370
saint/saint veneration 264, 290, 362, 367, 370
salvation 19, 22, 24, 117, 119–121, 132–135, 139, 160–162, 179, 203, 213, 232–233, 238–239, 241–242, 244, 246, 248, 250–251
Sanskrit 177, 179, 190, 193, 196–200, 202, 204, 206
science 1, 193, 329, 342, 378–382, 384–388, 395
script 178–179, 187, 189, 206, 215, 245
scrolls (of Qumran) 23, 96
sect 260–262, 349
sectarian 180–181, 186, 205, 207, 250, 326, 369
semantic 9–10, 20, 33, 48, 69, 82, 105, 263
Shīʿī, Shiites, Shīʿism 22, 261–263, 272–275, 278, 280, 299, 326–327, 331, 346–347, 352, 354, 357, 360, 362–365, 369
shrine 65, 286, 360–362, 367–370
silence 34, 50–51, 66–67, 107–108, 293, 319, 321, 348
Simmel, Georg 7, 9, 14–16, 21, 30, 48, 71, 267–269, 349, 371
society/societies 4, 11, 14–17, 30, 48–49, 94, 144, 213–214, 227, 238, 240, 264, 266, 287, 319, 326, 337, 339, 341, 379, 383, 386–392, 394
sociological 7, 9, 14–16, 30, 48, 89, 267, 277
spell 175, 177, 180, 183–185, 189–190, 193–202, 204–206
spiritual 10, 12, 38, 102, 133, 157, 172, 145, 180, 187, 207, 221, 225, 234, 236, 240, 278–279, 289, 291, 326, 348, 350, 352, 361, 369
strategies (of secret/secrecy) 7, 9–10, 164, 346–347, 351, 372
submission 127, 289, 319, 322, 329–330, 336, 339, 342
substance 63, 186, 216, 228
subvert 192, 321, 339–340, 341
successor 262, 274–275
Sufism 22, 278, 347, 355–357, 359–361
Sunni 262, 272–273, 275, 283, 286, 288–290, 300, 326–327, 331, 346, 348–349, 351–355, 357–358, 360, 368–370
supernatural 171, 193–194, 384
sutra 180, 191, 202, 204, 220, 225, 228, 234, 247
symbols, symbolic 10–11, 14, 24, 95, 97, 99–100, 110, 116, 118, 128–130, 152, 175, 178, 207, 279, 287, 349–350, 385
Syria 54, 264, 269, 283–284
talisman 178, 184–185, 192–194, 196–198, 200–201, 205, 236
tao. See dao
Taoism. see Daoism
taqiyya 22, 29, 272–277, 280, 294, 322–328, 330, 346–357, 359, 361, 371–372
taxonomy 13, 14, 18
temple 6, 34, 39, 65, 85, 89–90, 95, 97–100, 128, 134, 181, 186, 202, 205, 226, 232, 251
terrorism, terrorist 321–322, 324, 330–331, 333, 336–340, 342
Testament (New/Old) 100, 102–103, 109–110, 144, 149, 152, 154, 160, 164
theology, theological 19–20, 26, 36, 39, 52–55, 59, 62, 71, 86, 101, 104, 109, 111, 117, 119–120, 127–128, 141, 144, 147, 152–153, 160, 272–273, 277–278, 279, 323, 363, 379–380, 386–387, 395–396
throne 35, 78, 79, 86, 88
Tibet, Tibetan 19, 200, 387
Torah 77, 82, 84–90
tradition 6, 18, 21, 24, 31, 37–38, 47, 51, 53–55, 59, 61–62, 68, 71, 81, 83–86, 88–89, 94, 96, 102–104, 128, 133, 135, 141, 145, 146, 150, 178–180, 182, 184, 185, 187, 189–191, 200–202, 216, 225, 232–233, 235, 237, 246–247, 250, 278, 288, 290, 300, 322, 328, 347, 351–352, 357–366, 368–371, 379, 385, 389–390, 393–395
transformation 14, 21, 102–103, 151, 156, 163, 197, 199, 201, 265, 267, 293, 295, 297–298, 300, 304–306, 322, 370, 395
transmission 66, 87, 122, 180, 187, 189–190, 205, 232–235, 237, 239–242, 247, 251–252, 263, 268, 395–396
treasure 26, 182, 186, 191–192, 207, 221, 240, 249
truth 19, 21, 28, 53, 55, 68, 108, 150, 156, 174, 192, 203, 205–208, 221, 228–229, 231, 237–241, 243, 247, 278–279, 302, 330, 337, 341, 348, 363, 383–384, 386
unbelief 107, 162, 346, 354
uncertainty 320–321, 335, 342, 361
understanding 14, 33, 36–37, 40–41, 50, 53, 59–60, 64, 67–70, 82, 84, 85, 105–107, 116, 121–128, 130–131, 135, 140, 143, 148, 152, 154, 160–161, 174, 177, 179, 198, 215, 225, 264, 267, 276, 280–281, 288, 291–292, 297, 303, 341, 348, 352, 357–359, 361, 388–389, 394, 396
unity 7, 16, 26, 52, 94, 101–102, 226, 250, 281, 289
unknown 10, 19–20, 28, 35–36, 39–40, 56, 59, 69, 100, 108, 195, 220, 236, 294, 303
unspeakable 68, 94–96, 103–111, 161–162, 218
unveiled, veil 3, 95, 287
urban 205, 296–297, 299–300
Urban, Hugh B. 1–2, 7–8, 12, 14–15, 17, 21, 266, 267, 270–271, 349
vacant 134–135
veneration 97, 99, 290
violence 176, 319–323, 333, 335, 337, 340, 341
vision 53, 78–80, 82, 83, 88, 89, 158, 171, 175, 231, 303, 323
visualization 183, 185, 189, 200–201
Whitehead, Alfred North 38, 47
wine 98, 100, 108–109, 141, 147–154, 157, 160–163
wisdom 26, 29, 53, 84, 86–87, 95–96, 99, 103, 135, 177, 220–221, 223, 225, 231, 239, 243, 378, 384, 386, 392
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 50, 56, 72
worship 40, 97–99, 110, 150, 287, 290, 370

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Secrets in Contact

Secrecy as a Promoter of Contacts Between Religious Traditions

Series:  Dynamics in the History of Religions, Volume: 16
Cover Secrets in Contact
E-Book ISBN:
9789004749016
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Dec 2025
  • Subjects
    • Religious Studies
      • General
      • History of Religion
      • Sociology of Religion
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Secrets in Contact—Secrecy as a Promoter of Contacts between Religious Traditions
Chapter 1 The Secret of Religious Language: Some Tentative Considerations with Reference to the Gospel of Thomas and Herodotus’ Euterpe
Chapter 2 ‘Secrecy’ and Its Function in the Traditions of Early Jewish Mysticism
Chapter 3 Jewish and Christian Interreligious Exchange with Hellenistic Mystery Cults in the First Century CE
Chapter 4 The Mystery of Paul’s Mysterion in Romans 11:25–36
Chapter 5 Deipnon/Symposion—Sacramentum/Mystērion: Blank Spaces in the History of the Christian Eucharistic Ritual
Chapter 6 The ‘Transferred Secret’: on Religious Appropriations and Exchanges between Daoism and Esoteric Buddhism in China
Chapter 7 Mystery and Secrecy in the Contact of Daoism and Buddhism in Early Medieval China
Chapter 8 Alawite Politics of Religious Secrecy: Dynamics of Dissimulation and Concealment among a Religious Minority in Antakya, Türkiye
Chapter 9 Religious Polemics and Imagined Secrecy: Contemporary Literary, Cinematic and Artistic Responses to Islamophobia and Religious Violence
Chapter 10 Reimagining Taqiyya: the “Narrative of the Four Pillars” and Strategies of Secrecy among the Ismāʿīlīs of Central Asia
Chapter 11 From the “Hautes Sciences” to Esotericism
Back Matter
Index

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