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Welcome to the Official Website for The Association for the Study of Esotericism

 

In May, 2002, the journal Esoterica hosted the First North American Symposium on the Study of Esotericism at Michigan State University. There, the invited participants created a new scholarly organization, the Association for the Study of Esotericism [ASE], along with a mission statement and a set of goals. This organization subsequently was incorporated in August, 2002, as a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The primary mission of this organization is to support excellence in scholarship and to foster communication among scholars who, though their work originates from a wide range of fields, find esotericism a common theme of their research.

 
Now Available!:
THE FIRST BOOK IN THE ASE BOOK SERIES, FROM MSU PRESS

ESOTERICISM, ART, and IMAGINATION

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The first print anthology of academic articles of the Association for the Study of Esotericism is now available from MSU Press. Members of the ASE who paid 2008 dues via the conference registration system, and who attended the 2008 ASE conference in Charleston, South Carolina, received an advance uncorrected proof copy of Esotericism, Art, and Imagination at the conference. The final version of the book is now widely available commercially, for instance, here, here, and here.


Our third international conference on esotericism took place at the College of Charleston, May 29-June 1, 2008.

Our fourth international conference will take place at Michigan State University's Kellogg Center in June, 2010. Please check back later in 2009 for more information. Membership for 2009 is closed; we will open membership again in 2010, prior to our next conference.

 

Please visit the website of our sister organization, the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), for information about other academic events in this field. And click here for the ESSE 2009 Conference Call for Papers(ESSWE 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS)

A draft of ASE's revised Bylaws can be found here [pdf].