"Western Esotericism and the Art of Translation" The Seventh Annual Conference of the Israeli Network for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana
Program
Reception
09:30-10:00
Greetings
10:00-10:15
Opening Lecture Chair: Yosef Schwartz
Andreas Kilcher The Metaphysics of Translation in Christian Kabbalah
10:15-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-11:45
Session I Chair: Rachel Werczberger
Boaz Huss Occultism, Orientalism, and Jewish Nationalism in Fin de Siècle Zohar Translations
Yves Mühlematter Theosophical Bhagavad Gita Translations in the late 19th andearly 20th Century. "Esoteric Translations" as Cardinal Features of the Global-Colonial Discourse
11:45-12:45
Lunch
12:45-14:00
Session II Chair: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes
Gal Sofer Demons, Flying Boats & the Translation of Knowledge: Two Case Studies
Isaac Lubelsky Marsilio Ficino and the Translation of the Corpus Hermeticum
Judith Weiss Scechina and Mater Mundi: Two Christian Translations of the Kabbalistic Notion of Shekhina in the Renaissance
14:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Session III Chair: Tzahi Weiss
Judith Bodendorfer Media Production as a Mode of Translation: Gustav Meyrink’s Role as Translator of “Oriental” Ideas
Matylda Ciołkosz Translating the Yoga Sūtra: A Brief History of the Making of Popular “Yoga Philosophy”
Julie Chajes “The Esoteric Platonist”: Blavatsky, Reincarnation, and the Greeks
16:00-17:30
Participation is free. Pre-registration will be appreciated. Please call *3337 (03-5114412) or press here
