The SHWEP blog is for all manner of things which crop up in the life of the scholar of western esotericism but don’t fit into our chronological framework: the Living Esoteric Cultures Series of interviews, reflections on the academic field of the study of western esotericism, accounts of past or upcoming events, other notifications, and perhaps even the odd blog post.
August 24, 2019
Things never stand still for very long in a young field like Western Esotericism Studies. In this interview we discuss the lively current debate over whether the term ‘western’ should be dropped altogether with a proponent of the ‘get rid of it’ position.
July 11, 2019
We reflect on the amazing seventh ESSWE conference, held 2-4 July 2019 in Amsterdam. Western esotericism is coming home!
May 28, 2019
The first in our Living Esoteric Culture series, looking at the ways in which the esoteric exists in culture, makes culture, sometimes enters into the popular or mainstream, and what happens along the way.
May 16, 2019
An audio tour of the first major international exhibition devoted to the life and work of the great Christian esotericist Jacob Böhme.
November 12, 2018
We reflect on a year of doing this podcast, and on the year to come.
August 23, 2018
The future of the study of western esotericism will encompass all the western monotheist traditions. And the future is now!
June 21, 2018
There has never been a better time to study ‘useless’ subjects. Get involved!
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