Von der gnostischen Philosophie zur christlichen Mystik. Über die Ursprünge der Anthroposophie – I
The following investigation is methodologically based upon what Arthur Versluis calls »empathical empiricism« (Versluis, 2002). The hermeneutic of esotericism – as any hermeneutic worth its name – requests a kind of participatory scientific research which, though avoiding unmitigated identification with the subject, has to walk with it as far as…