
Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The Eloquent Blood The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism MANON HEDENBORG WHITEģ Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. IMAGINING THE EAST The Early Theosophical Society Tim Rudbøg and Erik Reenberg Sand INITIATING THE MILLENIUM The Avignon Society and Illuminism in Europe, 1779–1822 Robert Collis and Natalie BayerĪMONG THE SCIENTOLOGISTS History, Theology, and Praxis Donald A. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE DEAD? Near-Death Experiences, Christianity, and the Occult Jens Schlieter GURDJIEFF Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises Joseph Azize THE SIBLYS OF LONDON A Family on the Esoteric Fringes of Gregorian England Susan Sommers THE ELOQUENT BLOOD The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism Manon Hedenborg White SATANIC FEMINISM Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture Per Faxneld RECYCLED LIVES A History of Reincarnation in Blavatsky’s Theosophy Julie Chajes Petersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Michael Stausberg, University of Bergen CHILDREN OF LUCIFER The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism Ruben van Luijk

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