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Seeing Isis, saving humanity : mysticisms old and new in early 20th century history and philosophy of religion

Annelies Lannoy (UGent) and Corinne Bonnet
(2025) ASDIWAL. 20.
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After WWI, many of the pioneering representatives of the academic study of religion took stock of past accomplishments and expressed hopes for the future of their discipline. Two such scholars were Franz Cumont and Alfred Loisy. Using newly discovered correspondence material, this paper tries to make sense of a complex and enigmatic episode in their correspondence of late 1919. At the center of the epistolary dispute was the question as to whether or not the initiation in the mystery cult of Isis entailed a mystical visio of the goddess. By studying Loisy’s peculiar conception of mysticism (ancient and modern) and the subtle divergences between their comparative methods, this paper aims to illustrate the intricate intertwinement between the studied past, the lived present, and the imagined future.
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mysticism, philosophy of religion, history of religions, France, early 20th century, WWI, mystery cults

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Lannoy, Annelies, and Corinne Bonnet. “Seeing Isis, Saving Humanity : Mysticisms Old and New in Early 20th Century History and Philosophy of Religion.” ASDIWAL, vol. 20, 2025.
APA
Lannoy, A., & Bonnet, C. (2025). Seeing Isis, saving humanity : mysticisms old and new in early 20th century history and philosophy of religion. ASDIWAL, 20.
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Lannoy, Annelies, and Corinne Bonnet. 2025. “Seeing Isis, Saving Humanity : Mysticisms Old and New in Early 20th Century History and Philosophy of Religion.” ASDIWAL 20.
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Lannoy, Annelies, and Corinne Bonnet. 2025. “Seeing Isis, Saving Humanity : Mysticisms Old and New in Early 20th Century History and Philosophy of Religion.” ASDIWAL 20.
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Lannoy A, Bonnet C. Seeing Isis, saving humanity : mysticisms old and new in early 20th century history and philosophy of religion. ASDIWAL. 2025;20.
IEEE
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A. Lannoy and C. Bonnet, “Seeing Isis, saving humanity : mysticisms old and new in early 20th century history and philosophy of religion,” ASDIWAL, vol. 20, 2025.
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