Hans Thomas Hakl is co-editor of Gnostika and foreign correspondent of Politica Hermetica

'This is a book that no one interested in the history of the study of religion or in the religious history of the twentieth century can afford to miss.' - Gustavo Benavides, Villanova University, USA'Thomas Hakl has given us here the definitive study of Eranos … A magnum opus fully deserving the name and certain to change the conversation.' - Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University, USA'The author shows himself to be one of the most knowledgeable students, if not indeed the foremost scholar, of Western esoteric and spiritual currents.' - Mac Linscott Ricketts, Louisburg College, USA

• Foreword Introduction: How this Book Emerged 1. The Significance Of Eranos 2. An Esoteric Prelude To Eranos 3. Yearning for the East: Monte Verita and the School of Wisdom 4. Toward Eranos 5. The First Eranos Meeting: An Idea Comes to Life 6. Eranos and National Socialism 7. The Years 1934-1937 8. Eranos 1938: The United States Shows Interest 9. The War Years 10. New Prospects after The World Conflict 11. The Heyday Begins 12. The Early 1950s 13. Polytheism Versus Monotheism 14. An End, Some New Beginnings And Repeated Turbulence 15. Delicate Questions and Attempts to Answer Them 16. Eranos as a Prototype 17. The End of a Cycle ... or Perhaps Not?Index

Hans Thomas Hakl is co-editor of Gnostika and foreign correspondent of Politica Hermetica

'This is a book that no one interested in the history of the study of religion or in the religious history of the twentieth century can afford to miss.' - Gustavo Benavides, Villanova University, USA'Thomas Hakl has given us here the definitive study of Eranos … A magnum opus fully deserving the name and certain to change the conversation.' - Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University, USA'The author shows himself to be one of the most knowledgeable students, if not indeed the foremost scholar, of Western esoteric and spiritual currents.' - Mac Linscott Ricketts, Louisburg College, USA

• Foreword Introduction: How this Book Emerged 1. The Significance Of Eranos 2. An Esoteric Prelude To Eranos 3. Yearning for the East: Monte Verita and the School of Wisdom 4. Toward Eranos 5. The First Eranos Meeting: An Idea Comes to Life 6. Eranos and National Socialism 7. The Years 1934-1937 8. Eranos 1938: The United States Shows Interest 9. The War Years 10. New Prospects after The World Conflict 11. The Heyday Begins 12. The Early 1950s 13. Polytheism Versus Monotheism 14. An End, Some New Beginnings And Repeated Turbulence 15. Delicate Questions and Attempts to Answer Them 16. Eranos as a Prototype 17. The End of a Cycle ... or Perhaps Not?Index