Aries (journal)
| Discipline | Academic study of Western esotericism, religious studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Egil Asprem |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2001–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Biannually |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Aries |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1567-9896 (print) 1570-0593 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 768086463 |
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Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism[1] is a peer-reviewed academic journal[2] covering the academic and historical study of Western esotericism. It is published by Brill Academic Publishers on behalf of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.[2] Two issues are published annually; in recent years the first one is a special issue, devoted to a specific theme proposed by a guest editor.
History
A predecessor to the journal was founded in 1983 by Antoine Faivre and Roland Edighoffer under the title ARIES.[3][1] This name was an acronym of "Association pour la Recherche et l'Information sur l'Ésotérisme, transl. Association for Research and Information on Esotericism.[1]
In 2001, this journal was relaunched under its current title with Brill.[4] From 2001[1] to 2010, the editor-in-chief was Wouter Hanegraaff. The current editor-in-chief is Egil Asprem.[5] Since 2006, Brill also publishes the affiliated Aries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism, edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff.[6][1]
Scholar Henrik Bogdan noted it as of "special importance" of the several academic journals devoted to western esotericism.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Hanegraaff, Wouter J.; Pijnenburg, Joyce (2009). Hermes in the Academy: Ten Years' Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-5629-572-1.
- ^ a b Magee, Glenn Alexander (2016-04-18). The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-67935-7.
- ^ Hanegraaff, Wouter J.; Brach, Jean-Pierre; Pasi, Marco (2022-06-22). "Antoine Faivre (1934–2021): The Insider as Outsider". Aries. 22 (2): 167–204. doi:10.1163/15700593-02202017. hdl:11245.1/90e21c9b-e2d8-484a-8b4b-699d2d9e4036. ISSN 1567-9896.
- ^ Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2025-05-29). Esotericism in Western Culture: Counter-Normativity and Rejected Knowledge. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-45970-0.
- ^ "Aries". Brill Publishers. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ^ Bakker, Justine M.; Roukema, Aren (2022). "10 Years of Correspondences; or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Esotericism Studies". Correspondences. 10 (2): 235–255. ISSN 2053-7158.
- ^ Bogdan, Henrik; Larsson, Göran (2024-03-07). The Study of Religion in Sweden: Past, Present and Future. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-41329-0.