Call For Papers The Eternal Esoteric Feminine La Rosa
di Paracelso Nr 1/2016
From the Iranian Spenta
Armairi to the heretic sophiology of Russian Christendom, from the Hydesville
Fox sisters to the founder of the Theosophical Society Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky and to Maria Montessori, from Catherine Deshayes’s philters (best
know as Le Voisin) to the prophetess Lucie Grange, from the illustrator Rosa
Rosa’ to the painter Rosaleen Norton, the history of Western Esotericism has
been constellated by symbols, themes and feminine characters. In the same way
as it questioned the deepest nature of the divine, debating the validity of
monotheist theologies, the theme of the female and of the feminine has
enabled, throughout history of such movements, a crosspollination and a
collaboration between occultist groups and initiatory societies with the world
of art and politics. Without regarding the relationship between esotericism
and New Religious Movements, where the symbolism and the figure of the woman
manifests itself in its versatility and multifaceted aspects, taking the role,
now of harbinger of knowledge, now of true guide in every individual’s
spiritual path, now, more deeply, of a discovery of a more complete and
paradoxical divine. The online esoteric journal La Rosa di Paracelso
(published online and with an annual paper issue by Mimesis Edizioni) is
launching the call for papers for its first monographic issue dedicated to
themes of the female and the feminine in a Western esoteric context. Articles
in the most common European languages are accepted (Italian, English, French,
Spanish, German) regarding the following subjects:
-The theme of the
feminine and/or female members of different groups/contexts with an esoteric
(Theosophy, Anthroposophy, Archeosophy) or occultis/initiatic ones (Wicca and
Modern Witchcraft and neo-Druidism; Societas Rosacruciana in Anglia, Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn and various orders of Ceremonial Magic, Ordo Templi
Orientis and various Crowleyan affiliations; Female or Androgyne Freemasonry
from Ordre des Mopses onwards; Satanism) -Figures, symbols, representations of
Sophia, the main myth of the supreme female principle, in its multiple forms
and variations. -Gender issues in the context of esoteric traditions. -Female
artists who have been a part and/or took interest in themes concerning the
initiatory, esoteric, occultist, spiritist and Satanist
dimension.
Deadline for the presentation of abstracts (Italian or
English, max. 500 words for the abstract and max. 300 words for a CV): 20 May
2016. Deadline for the articles: 29 July 2016 Online Publication: September
2016
Please indicate the language the abstract and article will be
written in.
Abstracts must be sent to: Roberto Revello,
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