Endre søk
RefereraExporteraLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Referera
Referensformat
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Annet format
Fler format
Språk
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Annet språk
Fler språk
Utmatningsformat
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Götisk kabbala och runisk alkemi: Johannes Bureus och den götiska esoterismen
Stockholms universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusstudier.
2010 (svensk)Doktoravhandling, monografi (Annet vitenskapelig)Alternativ tittel
Gothic kabbalah and runic alchemy : Johannes Bureus and the gothic esotericism (engelsk)
Abstract [en]

Gothicism in general, and the Swedish Gothicism in particular, had a close connection to the esoteric currents that were flourishing all over Europe in the Early Modern Period. Apocalyptic predictions and prophecies useful to Gothic propaganda were derived from contemporary esoteric streams, but alongside these came Hermetic and Neo-Platonic speculations of a more individual character that emphasized man’s gradual ascension toward a higher state. The foremost representative for this union of Gothicism and Esotericism was Johannes Bureus (1568-1652). Although a pioneer of runology and Swedish grammatical studies, Bureus felt he made his greatest contributions in the sphere of mysticism. Influenced by the concept of a Philosophia Perennis, Bureus believed this eternal philosophy was not only expressed by the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Hebrews, but also by the ancient Norse. Bureus represents what could be termed an Esoteric Gothicism. In his work, the ideal of Gothicism melds with Esotericism in the form of Alchemy, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, Astrology, and Magic. Bureus himself called his esoteric system a Nordic Kabbalah, a “Notaricon Suethica,” or a “Kabala Upsalica.” Bureus’s Esotericism is explicated primarily in his manuscripts such as the Cabbalistica, Antiquitates Scanziana, and especially Adulruna Rediviva (the latter produced in seven versions over a forty-year period), but also in his major opus, dedicated to his pupil Queen Christina, the printed apocalyptic book Nordlanda Lejonsens Rytande. In examining Esoteric Gothicism we can discern a further tendency within Gothicism beyond the national chauvinism typically seen as exemplifying the movement. In Bureus’s work, Gothic motifs are combined with runes and Old Norse themes in an imaginative manner, but most characteristic of Bureus is how he uses the results to describe a highly individual path of initiation which leads to unity with God. Bureus’s ideas may seem eccentric to a modern reader, but properly situating them in their historical context reveals the role he played in an influential current in European intellectual and spiritual history, a current often referred to by scholars as Western Esotericism.

sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Stockholm: Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusstudier, Stockholms universitet , 2010. , s. 292
Emneord [en]
Western Esotericism, Gothicism, Kabbalah, Alchemy, The Swedish Great Power period, Millennialism
HSV kategori
Forskningsprogram
religionshistoria
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-37152ISBN: 978-91-628-8030-9 (tryckt)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-37152DiVA, id: diva2:293693
Disputas
2010-03-26, Hörsal 4, hus B, Universitetsvägen 10 B, Stockholm, 13:00 (svensk)
Opponent
Veileder
Tilgjengelig fra: 2010-03-04 Laget: 2010-02-12 Sist oppdatert: 2022-02-24bibliografisk kontrollert

Open Access i DiVA

fulltekst(12204 kB)11231 nedlastinger
Filinformasjon
Fil FULLTEXT01.pdfFilstørrelse 12204 kBChecksum SHA-512
95b2258aede9e2eb5a692cfd5a44e3877f8433f97b2172be1f99b9a4e07b8c1a7416ed67f0595d04b9685f0d1fd2ceb96a5d3eef5d7f77933da99db6ac1af93b
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf
omslag(1216 kB)1139 nedlastinger
Filinformasjon
Fil COVER02.pdfFilstørrelse 1216 kBChecksum SHA-512
1ff4b6d15c89599fea08ae1bba30fe8b2377ca27501de3af46cda12a96c7de4b1169669a99b121f7df71cf9357bd661adc243e05a131c7fa23ccc11d2cf4acff
Type coverMimetype application/pdf

Person

Karlsson, Thomas

Søk i DiVA

Av forfatter/redaktør
Karlsson, Thomas
Av organisasjonen

Søk utenfor DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Totalt: 11232 nedlastinger
Antall nedlastinger er summen av alle nedlastinger av alle fulltekster. Det kan for eksempel være tidligere versjoner som er ikke lenger tilgjengelige

isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric

isbn
urn-nbn
Totalt: 22366 treff
RefereraExporteraLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Referera
Referensformat
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Annet format
Fler format
Språk
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Annet språk
Fler språk
Utmatningsformat
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf