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There should certainly be some entry for The Perennial
Philosophy, its adherents and expostulants, and the
varying practices of its doctrine in the last hundred
years.  

It would be strange to me to lump a variety of
different belief systems under the rubric of
"Esotericism."  Perennialism, Wicca, Rosicrucianism,
The Great Work, Neo-Paganism of various flavors -
these seem to me to be very distinct  traditions. 

Regards and blessings,
Richard

--- Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm interested in why this enclyclpedia includes
> sciences *with* religions? (Yes, I will ask the
> compiler).
> 
> ~Caroline Tully.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Kathryn Evans 
>   To: [log in to unmask] 
>   Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:57 AM
>   Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Fw: Encyclopedia
> of Sciences and Religions
> 
> 
>   Khem, David Rowan, and other living practitioners
> on this listserv--make your stand!
> 
>   Kathryn LaFevers Evans
>   Independent Scholar
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Lee Irwin 
>   Cc: Bulkeley, Kelly 
>   Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:23 AM
>   Subject: Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions
> 
> 
>   Notice for Esoteric Scholars on the topic of
> Esotericism and Science - 
> 
>       I received the following request which I am
> passing on to all of you for consideration. I have
> already sent some suggestions.
> 
>   If you have an interest/expertise in this area,
> please send replies to Dr Bulkeley, not to me. 
> 
> 
>   In service to education,
> 
>   Lee Irwin
>   Religious Studies
>   College of Charleston
> 
>  
>
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>   Dear Lee, 
> 
>    
> 
>   I'm writing to ask for your help at the early
> conceptual stage of developing a major new reference
> work, The Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, to
> be edited by Dr. Nina Azari and published by
> Springer Verlag.  At this point we're trying to
> develop an initial list of religious traditions that
> should have entries in the encyclopedia.  Obviously
> this is a very challenging task, given all the
> different scholarly ideas about what does and does
> not count as a "religion."  For now, we're simply
> trying to cast as wide a net as possible, gathering
> as many different perspectives and suggestions as we
> can.  Later in the process we'll whittle it all down
> to a manageable and coherent list.
> 
>    
> 
>   Our goal is to include all "living" traditions,
> i.e. traditions with active members in the
> present-day world, from all cultures and geographic
> regions.  Thus, for example, we expect to have
> multiple entries on Buddhism representing its
> various schools and regional locations.  At some
> point we'll have to decide what's the smallest unit
> of analysis we can fairly include in the
> encyclopedia (e.g., Zen Buddhism in North America?
> Sufism in Indonesia? Presbyterian Christianity in
> South Africa?), but at this stage we want to
> consider all possibilities.
> 
>    
> 
>   What I'd like to ask you is the following:
> 
>    
> 
>     1.. Given your expertise in Esotericism, what do
> you think are the necessary entries on those
> traditions? 
>     2.. Would you be willing to write any entries,
> and/or could you suggest other scholars whom I could
> approach to write entries?
>    Best regards,
> 
>    
> 
>   Kelly Bulkeley  
> 
>   [log in to unmask]
> 
>   Associate Editor
> 
>   Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions  
> 
> 
>