The subtle body: a genealogy
How does the soul relate to the body? Through the ages many religions and intellectual movements have posed answers to this question. Many have gravitated to the notion of the 'subtle body,' positing some kind of subtle entity that is neither soul nor body, but some mixture of the two. Thi...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2021
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| En: | Año: 2021 |
| Colección / Revista: | Oxford studies in Western esotericism
Oxford scholarship online |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Problema de cuerpo-alma
/ Cuerpo astral
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Soul
B Mind and body B Spirit |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
Erscheint auch als: 9780197581032 |
| Sumario: | How does the soul relate to the body? Through the ages many religions and intellectual movements have posed answers to this question. Many have gravitated to the notion of the 'subtle body,' positing some kind of subtle entity that is neither soul nor body, but some mixture of the two. This book traces the history of this idea from the late Roman empire to the present day, touching on how philosophers, wizards, scholars, occultists, psychologists, and mystics have engaged with the idea over the past two thousand years. |
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| Notas: | Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 17, 2021) |
| ISBN: | 0197581064 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197581032.001.0001 |