Download or read book Constructing Tradition written by Andreas Kilcher and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of conference proceedings investigates the various ways and patterns with which esoteric writings and groups establish their own tradition. This involves concepts of origin and memory, ways of legitimising esoteric tradition as well as techniques and practices of knowledge transmission in esotericism.