Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke; Passed away: August 29, 2012
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke; Passed away: August 29, 2012
Goodrick-Clarke was Professor of Western Esotericism and Director of the Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO) within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He was a founding members of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.
EXESESO : Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism:
The purpose of the Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO) is to foster advanced research into historical and comparative aspects of the esoteric traditions from the Hellenistic period in late antiquity through the Renaissance and early modern period to the present.
Postgraduate and postdoctoral members of EXESESO will be able to pursue research projects with the support of the Centre's panel of distinguished scholars across a number of departments and disciplines.
There are three main objectives:
to document and analyse new subjects (figures, groups and movements) in the history of esotericism, thereby making an original contribution to scholarly knowledge.
to gain insight into the social, religious and philosophical changes, which are conducive to esotericism and to assess its influence on culture, politics and society.
to develop an understanding of the fundamental characteristics which define esoteric spirituality, which often manifests as a form of religious experience, while offering a perspective upon the individual soul in the context of nature and the universe.
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Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on modern occultism and esotericism.
(A sampling follows)
1. The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2. Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth and Neo-Nazism
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Henry Jenkins
3. Helena Blavatsky
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (Editor)
4. The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
(Western esotericism has now emerged as an academic study in its own right, combining spirituality with an empirical observation of the natural world ...
Note: this book is a good Introductory College-level text)
5. G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (Editor), Clare Goodrick-Clarke (Editor)
More: In Memoriam
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ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on -
As an aside, I must point out that Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is one of the instrumental Scholars that has placed the study of Esotericism, Theosophy etc. into a typological and academic position that our Theosophy Network site follows, in and with his spirit.
He is deeply missed. On our site, he is definitely a founder of the ideas and ideals we follow. A pioneer into the Esotericism of the 21st century. A new, broad path, Inclusive and academically well-founded.
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Permalink Reply by Emmanuel Ikan Astillero on
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I am doing a design of an online course in Theosophy and would like to get hold of an online copy of Nicholas Goodrick Clarke's "The WEstern Esoteric Tradition:A Historical Introduction". Thanks a lot.
Noel
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ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on -
I am not sure if you are wanting to know if there is a free on-line version, and the answer to that is I know of none. It is around $20+ and Amazon has a Kindle version. Amazon has the book available to view parts online (like structure/chapters, a few pages to look at etc. etc)
The copyright is by Oxford University Press, 2008.
For a college text, that is pretty reasonable.
If you are going to be teaching a class, the "Dictionary" Joe refers to a very good resource for the Instructor/Prof. Lots of good stuff there, articles are all written by experts in the fields. I have a complaint though, it should be called an Encyclopedia... It is pretty expensive, but it is a huge scholarly resource and that makes the ($ cost)/(information content) ratio pretty low -- i.e. pretty cheap.
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Permalink Reply by bournemouthsoc on
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Dr Goodricke Clark came to speak at the Bournemouth Society a few times.I also saw him speak at a Theoversity event in Southampton. He was head of the Western Esotericism Department at Exeter University-unique in the UK..
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