Aries (journal)

Aries

Discipline	Academic study of Western esotericism, religious studies
Language	English
Edited by	Egil Asprem
Publication details
History	2001–present
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers on behalf of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
Frequency	Biannually
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ISO 4	Aries
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ISSN	1567-9896  (print) 1570-0593  (web)
OCLC  no.	768086463
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Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism ^[1] is a peer-reviewed academic journal ^[2] covering the academic and historical study of Western esotericism. It is published by Brill Academic Publishers on behalf of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. ^[2] Two issues are published annually; in recent years the first one is a special issue, devoted to a specific theme proposed by a guest editor.

History

A predecessor to the journal was founded in 1983 by Antoine Faivre and Roland Edighoffer under the title ARIES. ^{[3] [1]} This name was an acronym of "Association pour la Recherche et l'Information sur l'Ésotérisme, transl. Association for Research and Information on Esotericism. ^[1]

In 2001, this journal was relaunched under its current title with Brill. ^[4] From 2001 ^[1] to 2010, the editor-in-chief was Wouter Hanegraaff. The current editor-in-chief is Egil Asprem. ^[5] Since 2006, Brill also publishes the affiliated Aries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism, edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff. ^{[6] [1]}

Scholar Henrik Bogdan noted it as of "special importance" of the several academic journals devoted to western esotericism. ^[7]

See also

• Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
• The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies

References

1. Hanegraaff, Wouter J.; Pijnenburg, Joyce (2009). Hermes in the Academy: Ten Years' Study of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. ISBN   978-90-5629-572-1.
2. Magee, Glenn Alexander (2016-04-18). The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-316-67935-7.
3. Hanegraaff, Wouter J.; Brach, Jean-Pierre; Pasi, Marco (2022-06-22). "Antoine Faivre (1934–2021): The Insider as Outsider". Aries. 22 (2): 167–204. doi: 10.1163/15700593-02202017 . hdl: 11245.1/90e21c9b-e2d8-484a-8b4b-699d2d9e4036 . ISSN   1567-9896.
4. Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2025-05-29). Esotericism in Western Culture: Counter-Normativity and Rejected Knowledge. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-350-45970-0.
5. "Aries". Brill Publishers. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
6. Bakker, Justine M.; Roukema, Aren (2022). "10 Years of Correspondences; or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Esotericism Studies". Correspondences. 10 (2): 235–255. ISSN   2053-7158.
7. Bogdan, Henrik; Larsson, Göran (2024-03-07). The Study of Religion in Sweden: Past, Present and Future. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-350-41329-0.

External links

• Official website