VCS403: Art and Spirituality / College of Creative Arts

The course is to introduce students to the new and expanding field of academic study, providing an adequate grounding in its historical, theological, and philosophical aspects. The course is designed to enable students to develop an understanding of the fundamental characteristics which define esoteric spirituality (correspondences, living nature, intermediaries and hierarchies, transmutation of the soul). This spirituality often manifests as a form of religious experience while offering a perspective upon the individual soul in the context of nature and the universe. Secondly, to gain insight into the social, religious and philosophical changes, which are conducive to the development of esotericism.