Minor in Esoteric and Occult Traditions - Alchemy, Gnosis and Hermeticism
HSTC 3120 Alchemy, Gnosis and Hermeticism
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course explores the scientific and esoteric dimensions of alchemy in the late pagan and early Islamicate cultures. The relationship of alchemy to Gnostic spiritualities is a guiding theme. We trace the history of Gnostic and Hermetic alchemy from its Greco-Egyptian origins, as epitomized by Zosimos of Panopolis (ca 300 CE), to the development of the ‘sacred art’ as a branch of the Islamicate occult sciences.
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CLAS 3120.03