Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism

by Jimmy Elwing (Editor), Aren Roukema (Editor), Egil Asprem (Contributor)

The central goal of this journal is indicated by its title. Correspondences was founded in order to provide a freer flow of conversation among those engaged in research and analysis of the wide diversity of traditions gathered under the umbrella of Western esotericism. We continue to operate according to this mandate, encouraging researchers of all levels and backgrounds to dialogue with others inside and outside the field via quality, well-researched articles, while also attempting to widen our scope further to include research produced outside the ivory tower—a structure that social and political pressures are making less and less amenable to those who wish never to leave its high-walled courtyards.

Research Articles
• Egil Asprem. Esotericism and the Scholastic Imagination: The Origins of Esoteric Practice in Christian Kataphatic Spirituality
• Julian Strube. The “Baphomet” of Eliphas Lévi: Its Meaning and Historical Context
• Boaz Huss. Translations of the Zohar: Historical Contexts and Ideological Frameworks

Book Reviews
• Kennet Granholm. Dark Enlightenment: The Historical, Sociological and Discursive Contexts of Contemporary Esoteric Magic. Reviewed by Amy Hale
• Abraham von Worms. The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation. Reviewed by Keith Cantú
• Henrik Bogdan and Jan A.M. Snoek (eds.). Handbook of Freemasonry. Reviewed by Peter Olsson
• Philippa Townsend and Moulie Vidas (eds.). Revelation, Literature, and Community in Late Antiquity. Reviewed by Dylan M. Burns
• Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein (eds.). Handbook of the Theosophical Current. Reviewed by Christopher A. Plaisance
• Asbjørn Dyrendal, James R. Lewis, and Jesper Aa. Petersen. The Invention of Satanism. Reviewed by Cimminnee Holt

158 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2016

About the author

Jimmy Sirén Elwing, rMA (Religious Studies (Mysticism and Western Esotericism), University of Amsterdam, 2013; B.A., Religious Studies, University of Gothenberg, 2011) is a computer systems developer. He co-founded the open-access, peer-reviewed Correspondences: Online Journal for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism in 2012 with Aren Roukema, where they remain co-editors.