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Contents New Series, Vol. 8, no. 1 (2008)

Articles The Care of the Soul: States of Consciousness in the Writings of 1 V alery R ees Hegel on the Paranormal: Altered States of Consciousness in the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit 21 G lenn A lexander M agee Widened Awareness: Allen Ginsberg’s Poetic Transmission of a Blakean Inflected Esoteric Dream-Insight 37 C.J. P evateaux La tradizione taoista nel pensiero di René Guénon 63 L eonardo Sacco Book Reviews Crofton Black, Pico’s Heptaplus and Biblical Hermeneutics (rev. by G iulio B usi) 91 Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Ruud M. Bouthoorn Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500): The Hermetic Writings and Related Documents (rev. by M ichael J.B. A llen ) 93 Hugh B. Urban, Magia Sexualis (rev. by Hans T homas H akl ) 96 John B. Buescher, The Other Side of Salvation (rev. by C athy G utierrez ) 101 Christoph Wagner, Das Bauhaus und die Esoterik (rev. by M arty B ax ) 104 Elizabeth de Michelis, A History of Modern Yoga (rev. by A lbertina N ugteren) 107 Bertrand Méheust, Devenez savants, découvrez les sorciers (rev. by A ntoine F aivre ) 110 Recent and Upcoming Conferences 113 8.1

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