Dear Chris Lerich, why don't you reccomend the MA at Exeter? Its an excellent course from a top British university: the course structure is strongly multi-disciplinary, with input from islamic, theological, & history faculties. The whole MA can be done by distance learning if needed (this arranged especially for the benefit of overseas students) but if you want to attend in person, Exeter has an exceptionally beautiful campus, sighted in an ancient city. Unlike Amsterdam, you can do the whole thing in English, but at the same time you don't have the very Christian based tradition integral to the same course at the Sorbonne. Exeter, the Sorbonne & Amsterdam are the only places presently offering masters degrees in Esotericism in Europe, but Exeter also has its own centre for Esoteric Studies. So what's the problem with Exeter? Once you've done the masters degree, you can look to take a doctorate at Exeter. Head of the Depertment is Proffessor Nicholas Goodrick-Clark whom you will know as a formost authority in these subjects; I believe it was, in fact, Proff Goodrick-Clark who founded the centre for esoteric studies at Exeter.

So check out the MA in Western Esotericism at Exeter on the university website. Core modules include  Renaissance Astrology, Kabbalah, alchemy, Aexandrian hermeticism, Sufism, Gnosticism etc etc & if this isn't enough for you, you can also take options that cover witchcraft, Theosphy, the Golden dawn and so on.

Alternatively, there is a MA in the study of Mysticism & Religious Experience at the university of Kent at Canterbury. This includes some very interesting stuff, including a module on Divination and Relgious Experience. Geoffry Cornelius & Angela Voss are both on the staff, which should be a reccomendation in itself. With a masters from either Kent or Exeter under your belt, you could apply to do a doctorate at either of these universities, or else apply to Ronald Hutton, Chair of History at Bristol University: Hutton will be familiar to all as an historian of pagan traditions both ancient and modern. Again, check out the university web site.

It really depends whether you're more interested in paganism/witchcraft/history (Ronald Hutton) or esoteric traditions/high magic/gnosticism (Exeter) or astrology/history/divination/cosmology (Kent at cantebury); whichever course you decide on, any one of them will equip you to go on to a doctorate - under the direction of world class scholars, & in English!

Best Wishes, June-Marie.