Claiming Knowledge : Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age, Paperback by Hammer, Olav, ISBN 900413638X, ISBN-13 9789004136380, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In this study, Hammer (U. of Amsterdam) examines the development of certain currents of thought in Western esotericism during the period 1. The focus is on the challenges and paradoxes inherent in religious faith and religious innovation in a modern, post-Enlightenment setting. A case study on modern beliefs about reincarnation completes the volume. Another example of Brill’s finmaking: even this paperbound volume is Smythe sewn. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()