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‘This volume offers a valuable and innovative scholarly perspective on Asian esotericism, mysticism, and spiritual imaginaries within a global religious history. Critically engaging Eurocentric epistemolo-gies and moving beyond diffusionist frameworks, the essays meticulously reconstruct individual histor-ical cases, demonstrating the multi-directional nature of esoteric traditions and their complex entan-glements on a global scale.’ — Michael Bergunder, University of Heidelberg ‘This is an exceptionally insightful collection of essays on the history of modern spirituality in South Asia and beyond. The essays offer excellent analyses of specific cases but do not lose sight of the broader global context. Highly recommended for readers interested in Asian religions and politics.’ — Peter van der Veer, Max Planck Society, Göttingen, author of The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India

‘This volume offers a valuable and innovative scholarly perspective on Asian esotericism, mysticism, and spiritual imaginaries within a global religious history. Critically engaging Eurocentric epistemolo-gies and moving beyond diffusionist frameworks, the essays meticulously reconstruct individual histor-ical cases, demonstrating the multi-directional nature of esoteric traditions and their complex entan-glements on a global scale.’ — Michael Bergunder, University of Heidelberg ‘This is an exceptionally insightful collection of essays on the history of modern spirituality in South Asia and beyond. The essays offer excellent analyses of specific cases but do not lose sight of the broader global context. Highly recommended for readers interested in Asian religions and politics.’ — Peter van der Veer, Max Planck Society, Göttingen, author of The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India

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Soumen Mukherjee (Dr. phil. 2010, University of Heidelberg) teaches History at Presidency University, Kolkata. His publications are in the fields of religious and intellectual history of modern South Asia, and include the Karim and Rosemin Karim prize-winning book two monographs: Religion, Mysticism, and Transcultural Entanglements in Modern South Asia: Towards a Global Religious History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), and Ismailism and Islam in Modern South Asia: Community and Identity in the Age of Religious Internationals (Cambridge University Press, 2017), two edited collections, and several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Toshio Akai is Professor of Humanities at Kobe Gakuin University with expertise in and publications on Theosophist activities in Ireland and India, and Irish impact on the interwar years Japanese culture. He is the co-author of The Cosmic Movement:Sources, Contexts, Impact (Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2020) and other books.

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