''Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism'' is a

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covering the academic and historical study of

Western esotericism Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas a ...

. It is published by

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on behalf of the

European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism The European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) is Europe's only scholarly society for the study of Western esotericism. Founded in 2002, the society promotes academic study of the various manifestations of Western esotericism f ...

. From 2001-2010, the

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was

Wouter Hanegraaff Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is full professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He served as the first president of the European Society for the Study of ...

. Since 2010, the editor-in-chief is Peter J. Forshaw. 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.

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