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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Octagon: The Quest for Wholeness

Author : Hans Thomas Hakl

Published in: Transcultural Diplomacy and International Law in Heritage Conservation

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

An octagon is an eight-sided polygon. According to traditional teachings it symbolizes resurrection, perfection, and fulfillment, hence baptisteries are so often octagonal. That is also why I chose it as the denomination for my own multilingual collection of books and magazines on philosophy, psychology, religions, spirituality, and esotericism. The idea behind it was to form a humanistic and spiritual stronghold against the rampant materialistic and often purely mechanistic trends of these days. After fifty years a library of nearly 50.000 books and 20.000 magazines has resulted. Octagon is regarded as one of the largest specialized collections in this field in Europe.

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Footnotes
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Published in French in Politica Hermetica 33 (2019): pp. 290–301.
 
Literature
Hakl, H. T. (2014). Eranos: An alternative intellectual history of the twentieth century (C. McIntosh, Trans., p. 3). New York: Routledge).
Hakl, H. T. (Ed.). (2015). Octagon: Die Suche nach Vollkommenheit, im Spiegel einer religionswissenschaftlichen, philosophischen, und im besonderen Maße esoterischen Bibliothek. Gaggenau: Scientia Nova.
Hakl, H. T. (Ed.). (2017). Octagon: La ricerca della totalità, riflessa in una biblioteca dedicata alla Storia delle religioni, alla filosofia e, soprattutto, all’esoterismo. Gaggenau: Scientia Nova.
Hakl, H. T. (Ed.). (2018). Octagon: La recherche de perfection, dans une collection d’ouvrages dédiée, en particulier, aux travaux sur la religion, la philosophie et surtout l’ésotérisme. Gaggenau: Scientia Nova.
Metadata
Title
Octagon: The Quest for Wholeness
Author
Hans Thomas Hakl
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Transcultural Diplomacy and International Law in Heritage Conservation

Print ISBN: 978-981-16-0308-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-0309-9

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0309-9_4