List of Abbreviations  ix

Acknowledgments  xi

Introduction: Secrets of Immanence  1

1. Philosophical Modernity and Experimental Imperative  11

2. Dark Precursors: The Hermetic Tradition  32

3. The Force of Symbols: Deleuze and the Esoteric Sign  82

4. The Overturning of Platonism  112

5. Becoming Cosmic  148

6. The Politics of Sorcery  171

7. The Future of Belief  200

Coda: Experimental Faith  219

Notes  225

Bibliography  275

Index  283

“Comprehensive and detailed. . . . [A] beautifully written and well-researched book. . . .”—Dorothea Olkowski, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

“This is a valuable book for Deleuze scholars, philosophy and religious studies students, and scholars who are interested in contemporary Continental philosophy. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”—D.W. Rothermel, Choice

“Comprehensive and detailed. . . . [A] beautifully written and well-researched book. . . .”—Dorothea Olkowski, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

“This is a valuable book for Deleuze scholars, philosophy and religious studies students, and scholars who are interested in contemporary Continental philosophy. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”—D.W. Rothermel, Choice

"This inspired and rigorous engagement with Gilles Deleuze's concept of immanence raises fresh new problems and questions. Joshua Ramey reads Deleuze as a philosopher who both causes thought to happen and inquires how it happens; he philosophizes about philosophizing. As such, Ramey presents Deleuze as a philosophical demiurge, which is both exciting and provoking. This is an important book and a valuable contribution to the field."—Ian Buchanan, editor of the journal Deleuze Studies

"In this beautiful and daring book on Gilles Deleuze's esotericism, Joshua Ramey initiates us into a spiritual reading of Deleuzian ideas of immanence, founding, becoming, sign, and symbol. The defense of that great unsaid of reason, hermetic heterodoxy, is conveyed with elegance. Through exemplary scholarly study, Ramey seduces us with a dark side to thought. He inducts us into millennia of 'minor' traditions, while transforming them alongside Deleuze's most testing inventions. Rarely has scandalous instruction been so rewarding or rigorous."—James Williams, University of Dundee

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