Cambridge University Press has just published
The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism, edited by
Glenn Alexander Magee. This allows an interesting view of
Traditionalism in its widest possible context. The
Handbook is unusual for putting mysticism and esotericism together but, as Magee argues, "the roots of esotericism almost always lead back to mystical traditions, while the work of mystics was bound up with esoteric or occult preoccupations."
The
Handbook is organized chronologically, starting with
Antiquity, moving through the
Middle Ages to the
Renaissance and Early Modernity, and ending in the
Nineteenth Century and Beyond. Traditionalism (Mark Sedgwick, “René Guénon and Traditionalism) is one of ten chapters in this last section, along with Blavatsky and Gurdjieff and C. G. Jung. Then there is a final section on seven "
Common Threads," which include alchemy and gnosis, but not perennialism. I suppose there had to be some limit to the number of common threads.