American Aurora
Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius
Series: Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism;
- Publisher's listprice GBP 25.99
-
12 416 Ft (11 825 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 1 242 Ft off)
- Discounted price 11 175 Ft (10 643 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
12 416 Ft
Availability
Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 29 August 2024
- ISBN 9780197765579
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 236x157x19 mm
- Weight 472 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 541
Categories
Short description:
American Aurora explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height of the Little Ice Age in the seventeenth century. Focusing on the life and legacy of Johannes Kelpius (1667-1707), an enormously influential but comprehensively misunderstood theologian who settled outside of Philadelphia from 1604 to 1707, Timothy Grieve-Carlson explores the Hermetic and alchemical dimensions of Kelpius's Christianity before turning to his legacy in American religion and literature. This engaging analysis showcases Kelpius's forgotten theological intricacies, spiritual revelations, and cosmic observations, illuminating the complexity and foresight of an important colonial mystic.
MoreLong description:
American Aurora explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height of the Little Ice Age in the seventeenth century. Focusing on the life and legacy of Johannes Kelpius (1667-1707), an enormously influential but comprehensively misunderstood theologian who settled outside of Philadelphia from 1604 to 1707, Timothy Grieve-Carlson explores the Hermetic and alchemical dimensions of Kelpius's Christianity before turning to his legacy in American religion and literature. This engaging analysis showcases Kelpius's forgotten theological intricacies, spiritual revelations, and cosmic observations, illuminating the complexity and foresight of an important colonial mystic.
As radical Protestants during Kelpius's lifetime struggled to understand their changing climate and a seemingly eschatological cosmos, esoteric texts became crucial sources of meaning. Grieve-Carlson presents original translations of Kelpius's university writings, which have never been published in English, along with analyses and translations of other important sources from the period in German and Latin.
Ultimately, American Aurora points toward a time and place when climate change caused an eruption of esoteric thought and practice-and how this moment has been largely forgotten.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: "Strange Things Happening Every Day"
Chapter One: "No Wisdom in Nature": Esotericism, Enthusiasm, and Ecology in Early Modern Europe
Vita I: "Strange things of the Invisible worlds": Kelpius in Europe, 1667-1693
Chapter Two: "Gone into the Ancient Forest": Hermetic Protestantism and Environmental Knowledge in Early Pennsylvania
Vita II: "I cannot pass beyond to my homeland": Kelpius in Rotterdam, London, and the Atlantic, 1693-1694
Chapter Three: "The Woman in the Wilderness": Kelpius and Company on the Ridge of the Wissahickon, 1694-1707
Chapter Four: The Threefold Wilderness State: Ascetic Alchemy and the Technology of Self-Negation
Vita III: "Delay not longer the blessed day": Kelpius in Germantown, 1694-1703-4-5-6-7
Chapter Five: The Long Shadow of the Enlightenment: Memories of Kelpius in Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland (1798)
Chapter Six: "Weird as a Wizard": History and Literature in the Emergence of the American Kelpius Legend
Conclusion: An Unmute Gospel
