Home›Sources›The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical IntroductionSourcesThe Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical IntroductionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-western-esoteric-traditions-a-historical-introduction.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-western-esoteric-traditions-a-historical-introductionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-western-esoteric-traditions-a-histor, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Western Esoteric Traditions: A Historical Introduction}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-western-esoteric-traditions-a-historical-introduction}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXNicholas Goodrick-Clarke's contribution here is a specific historiographical claim rather than a simple summary: that hermeticism, alchemy, Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry and modern occultism are usefully read as one connected historical current rather than as separate, unrelated curiosities, and the book is organized to trace that connective thread across centuries. That framing is now widely used by later writers on the field, which is the actual mark of its standing rather than any appeal to where it was published. Its account rests on the primary movements and texts it surveys rather than on original archival discovery, since it is a synthesis of existing specialist scholarship rather than a single new find. It is a strong source for the broad historical shape of the field and how its various currents connect. Being a synthesis of an enormous field in one volume, a claim about one specific movement or figure within it may need a more detailed dedicated study alongside it, and this record has not separately checked its account of any one current against that current's own specialist literature.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (872 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedNicholas Goodrick-ClarkePublisherWell-attestedOxford University PressPublication YearWell-attested2008URLWell-attestedhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-western-esoteric-traditions-9780195320992Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A single volume scholarly survey of Western esotericism from a university press, written by a specialist historian of the field.NotesWell-attestedSingle-volume scholarly survey of the field.Claims Backed By This Source (872 claims)This source backs 872 claims across the atlas. As facts: 619 well-attested, 3 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 27 holds. Plus 223 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicEnochian Governors, 273 claims: 182 well-attested, 91 general references.Articles, 120 claims: 120 well-attested.Incense, 106 claims: 88 well-attested, 18 general references.Enochian Aethyrs, 90 claims: 60 well-attested, 30 general references.Historical Figures, 61 claims: 34 well-attested, 7 holds, 20 general references.Secret Societies, 56 claims: 29 well-attested, 3 popular myth - corrected, 8 holds, 16 general references.Esoteric Texts, 52 claims: 36 well-attested, 5 holds, 11 general references.Enochian Calls, 40 claims: 21 well-attested, 19 general references.Categories, 18 claims: 13 well-attested, 5 general references.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 15 claims: 12 well-attested, 3 general references.Sacred Sites, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Subcategories, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.Disciplines, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Sections, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Years, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.Rituals, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested619ArticlesA Mystery School Delivered by PostA Mystery School Run as a Mail Order BusinessA Philosopher Before He Was a SeerA Resin Better Known to Painters Than to PriestsA Spiritual Science with an Unusually Practical HarvestA Tradition That Begins with the People Who Described ItAn Attribution with No Textual RootAn Order Built on What It Calls the Ogdoadic TraditionAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemAttribute, Planetary Ruler, and the Dating of the SystemShowing 1 to 50 of 313 entities carrying this claim. 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