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Occult East Asia
Euro-American Perspectives
This book examines key actors and themes in the Euro-American esoteric reception history of East Asia. It traces how Western occultists and esotericists have engaged with East Asia, appropriating textual icons such as the Daodejing and Yijing, or figures such as Fuxi, Laozi, and Confucius into their perennialist cosmos. The resulting amalgam of globally negotiated tropes, or âOccult East Asia,â has co-shaped the imagery and appreciation of East Asia in a range of discourses that extend far beyond alternative religious circles.
Lukas K. Pokorny is professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Large parts of his current research focus on East Asian religions, millenarianism, new religious movements, esotericism, and religions in Austria.
Franz Winter is professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Graz, Austria. His research interests cover the history of religious and cultural contacts between Asia and Europe, Asian religious history, as well as religion and the media.
Franz Winter is professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Graz, Austria. His research interests cover the history of religious and cultural contacts between Asia and Europe, Asian religious history, as well as religion and the media.
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introducing Occult East Asia
âLukas K. Pokorny and Franz Winter
1 Esotericism between Europe and East Asia: How the âEsoteric Distinctionâ Became a Structure in Cross-Cultural Interpretation
âJulian Strube
2 Introducing âthe Heavenly Empire of Chinaâ (le Céleste Empire de la Chine) China versus India in the Quest for an Ancient Model Society in Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves dâAlveydre
âFranz Winter
3 The Ascended Confucius: Images of the Chinese Master in the Euro-American Esoteric Discourse
âLukas K. Pokorny
4 An Alternative View on Chinese Cultural and Religious History: Esoteric Readings of the Mythical Figure of Fuxi
âFranz Winter
5 âThe Way, the Truth, and the Lightâ: Franz Hartmannâs Daodejing
âLukas K. Pokorny
6 Albert de Pouvourvilleâs Occultisme Colonial
âDavide Marino
7 China in the Anthroposophical Imaginary
âOlav Hammer and Karen Swartz-Hammer
8 The Path to Gnosis: A Microhistory
âDavide Marino
9 âIf the Kingdom be Ruled According to the Taoâ: Politics as âEastern Wisdomâ in Aleister Crowleyâs Reception of the Daodejing
âJohan Nilsson
10 The Tao of Julius Evola
âDavide Marino
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introducing Occult East Asia
âLukas K. Pokorny and Franz Winter
1 Esotericism between Europe and East Asia: How the âEsoteric Distinctionâ Became a Structure in Cross-Cultural Interpretation
âJulian Strube
2 Introducing âthe Heavenly Empire of Chinaâ (le Céleste Empire de la Chine) China versus India in the Quest for an Ancient Model Society in Joseph Alexandre Saint-Yves dâAlveydre
âFranz Winter
3 The Ascended Confucius: Images of the Chinese Master in the Euro-American Esoteric Discourse
âLukas K. Pokorny
4 An Alternative View on Chinese Cultural and Religious History: Esoteric Readings of the Mythical Figure of Fuxi
âFranz Winter
5 âThe Way, the Truth, and the Lightâ: Franz Hartmannâs Daodejing
âLukas K. Pokorny
6 Albert de Pouvourvilleâs Occultisme Colonial
âDavide Marino
7 China in the Anthroposophical Imaginary
âOlav Hammer and Karen Swartz-Hammer
8 The Path to Gnosis: A Microhistory
âDavide Marino
9 âIf the Kingdom be Ruled According to the Taoâ: Politics as âEastern Wisdomâ in Aleister Crowleyâs Reception of the Daodejing
âJohan Nilsson
10 The Tao of Julius Evola
âDavide Marino
Index
University libraries, specialists (scholars and students), practitioners; religious studies, East Asian studies, reception studies, cultural studies, study of esotericism.