'TO MIX OR NOT TO MIX': SYNCRETISM/ANTI-SYNCRETISM IN THE HISTORY IF THEOSOPHY.

Provides a review of problematic aspects and attempts to deal with syncretism. Definition of syncretism; Brief history of application of the term syncretism; Factors promoting theosophical syncretism.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Numen: International Review for the History of Religions Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 142 - 178
Main Author: Kraft, Siv Ellen
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2002
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