Book Chapter: Saving the Lives of Angels: Redemption through the Arts
Saving the Lives of Angels: Redemption through the Arts in: Trans-States: The Art of Crossing Over (ed by Cavan McLaughlin, Fulgur, 2019). Link to book: https://fulgur.co.uk/books/edited-by-cavan-mclaughlin/trans-states-art-crossing/?v=f214a7d42e0d This...
Book chapter: Return from Oblivion: Josephin Peladan’s Literary Esotericism
Following a justification of the term “literary esotericism” in the context of Modernist literature, I propose both possible ways forward in terms of methodology, as well as specific examples of potential future research in relation to Péladan that may hold import for the wider field.
Research article: Renaissance Hieroglyphs of Nature (2011)
Using Maier’s work as a case study, this paper outlines the significance that the understanding of Nature held for Renaissance humanists in their search for a philosophia perennis, tracing the elaborate interconnections between this ’emblematic worldview,’ and Renaissance art, philosophical, and religious thought.
Article: Symbolist Art and the French Occult Revival (2011)
Usually consigned to a footnote or a few lines in scholarly overviews of Rosicrucianism or the French occult revival, as a historical figure Péladan’s defining characteristic is that of contradiction and paradox.
Research article: Corfu, Crucible of Change and Masonic Secrets (2009)
Following a sketch of some of Corfu’s earlier background, this paper focuses on the period between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, outlining the main events and figures in the build-up to the Greek War of Independence (1821-1828) and the Corfiot and Masonic role in its inception.
New book: Atalanta Unveiled
