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Wouter J. Hanegraaff

@wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social

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I’m a scholar of the unknown, a historian of the forgotten, and a writer about everything that might be possible. You can find all my work at www.wouterjhanegraaff.net

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Mar 23

And yet another long Hermetic interview, this one with a focus on the story of Lodovico Lazzarelli, the forgotten “second” translator and brilliant commentator on the Corpus Hermeticum youtu.be/1tENiH8iFHI

Rebirth and Alchemy of Soul Making in the Real Hermetic Tradition - with Prof Wouter J. Hanegraaff.

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Mar 23

Happy with this interview about Hermeticism in Roman Egypt,the study of esotericism, and those times whenthe Netherlands were known for their climate of tolerance. youtu.be/jzJWxggsyAw?...

Noetic Perception, the Hallucination of the Soul & Altered States of Gnosis w. Wouter Hanegraaff

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Feb 1

My article on "Esotericism and Democracy" just got published in Portuguese translation in Brazil.

ESOTERISMO E DEMOCRACIA: ALGUNS ESCLARECIMENTOS | Plural

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Dec 10

Here’s the cover of my new book. It will come out this spring.

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Nov 30

Necessary reading. Having seen the Chilean writer Benjamin Labatut speak at the Nexus conference in Amsterdam, I ended up devouring his two books in quick succession: When We Cease to Understand the World (2021) and The MANIAC (2023). Extremely scary, deeply impressive, and strongly recommended.

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Wouter J. Hanegraaff @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social · Nov 24

Blue sky? I saw it in Egypt a few weeks ago. I’d love to see it again.