List of Illustrations Introduction Part One: History 1. Bohme 2. Johann Georg Gichtel and His Circle 3. The Visionary Science of Dr. John Pordage 4. Jane Leade, the Philadelphians, and the Doctrine of Universal Restoration 5 .Dionysius Andreas Freher, Allen Leppington, and William Law 6. Johannes Kelpius and Pennsylvania Theosophy 7. Christopher Walton and His Theosophic College Part Two: The Cycle of Foundational Doctrines Introduction 8. The Divine Nature 9. The Divine Emanation of Worlds 10. The Fall of Lucifer, Humanity, and Nature 11. Spiritual Regeneration 12. Angelology and Paradise Conclusion Part Three: The Art of the Soul's Transmutation 13. The Science of Imagination 14. The Eye in the Heart 15. The Physiology of the Soul 16. Turning Wrath into Love 17. Penetrating the Merely Astral Part Four: Contexts 18. Theosophy and Gnosticism 19. Alchemy and Theosophy 20. Theosophy and Chivalry 21. Theosophy, Herbal Medicine, Magic, and Astrolog Part Five: Implications 22. Theosophy and Modern Science 23. Toward a New Psychology 24. Hierohistory and Metahistory 25. Revelation, Authority, and the Apostolic Tradition Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Arthur Versluis is Assistant Professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University. His previous books include The Hermetic Book of Nature: An American Revolution in Consciousness; Gnosis and Literature; Theosophia: Hidden Dimensions of Christianity; and Native American Traditions, among others.
"Wisdom's Children fills a major gap in the history of religion. It sympathetically introduces information and thought about a highly important and much neglected strand of modern Western spiritual philosophy."-Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University
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