Hidden Intercourse: Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism --

<br><b>Author:</b> Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Jeffrey J. Kripal<br><b>Publisher:</b> Fordham University Press<br><b>Published:</b> 04/01/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 568<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.67lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780823233410<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Wouter J. Hanegraaff (Author) </b><br> Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, and a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his many publications is the two-volume Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism. <p/><b>Jeffrey J. Kripal (Author) </b><br> Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University and is the associate director of the Center for Theory and Research at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. He is the author of seven books, including: <i>Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014);<i> Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred</i> (Chicago, 2010); and <i>Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion </i>(Chicago, 2007). Jeff is a historian of religions who specializes in the comparison of extreme religious experiences and anomalous events across space and time. <p/></p>