Jake Poller
Biographic Data
| ID | 454597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jake Poller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jake |
| FAMILY NAME | Poller |
| SIGNATURE | POLLER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6597-5752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Francis Bacon, Rosicrucianism and the Rosicrosse Literary Society
Francis Bacon was a renowned statesman and polymath who was feted as the godfather of the scientific method. And yet, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bacon became co-opted as a figurehead for various occult groups, who affirmed that he was the imperator of the Rosicrucian brotherhood and the founder of the Freemasons. This article argues that the theories that link Bacon with the Rosicrucian brotherhood emerged from the cult…
New weird fiction and the oneirologic of both-and
Sigmund Freud discovered that in the unconscious a both-and dream logic prevailed. In his critique of the either-or binary oppositions of Western philosophy, Jacques Derrida appropriated this oneirologic, e.g. arguing that the incest prohibition derived from both nature and culture. In this article, I adopt a deconstructive approach to analyse this both-and oneirologic in a selection of New Weird fiction, namely The City & The City (2009) by Chin…
Fully Human Being
In Island (1962), Aldous Huxley presents a utopian community in which theinhabitants aim to become "fully human beings" by realizing their "potentialities."I demonstrate how Huxley's notion of the "human potentialities" havebeen misrepresented, both by scholars and by the founders of the Esalen Institute.Huxley's focus on human potentialities arose from a shift in his thinkingfrom the other-worldly mysticism of The Perennial Philosophy (1945) to …
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality offers an incisive analysis of the full range of Huxley's spiritual interests, spanning both mysticism (neo-Vedanta, Taoism, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism) and Western esotericism (mesmerism, spiritualism, the paranormal). Jake Poller examines how Huxley's shifting spiritual convictions influenced his fiction, such as his depiction of the body and sex, and reveals how Huxley's use of psychedelic substances a…
Beyond the Subliminal Mind
There has been a welcome emphasis in the last decade on the importance of mysticism in the work of Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) from several scholars, including Dana Sawyer, Jeffrey Kripal and K.S. Gill. Less attention has been paid to Huxley’s interest in the paranormal and his contacts with the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). While Huxley did not join the SPR until 1956, he closely followed its Journal and Proceedings, and wrote a number of …
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality offers an incisive analysis of the full range of Huxley's spiritual interests, spanning both mysticism (neo-Vedanta, Taoism, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism) and Western esotericism (mesmerism, spiritualism, the paranormal). Jake Poller examines how Huxley's shifting spiritual convictions influenced his fiction, such as his depiction of the body and sex, and reveals how Huxley's use of psychedelic substances a…
Beyond the Subliminal Mind
There has been a welcome emphasis in the last decade on the importance of mysticism in the work of Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) from several scholars, including Dana Sawyer, Jeffrey Kripal and K.S. Gill. Less attention has been paid to Huxley’s interest in the paranormal and his contacts with the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). While Huxley did not join the SPR until 1956, he closely followed its Journal and Proceedings, and wrote a number of …
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality
Aldous Huxley and Alternative Spirituality offers an incisive analysis of the full range of Huxley's spiritual interests, spanning both mysticism (neo-Vedanta, Taoism, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism) and Western esotericism (mesmerism, spiritualism, the paranormal). Jake Poller examines how Huxley's shifting spiritual convictions influenced his fiction, such as his depiction of the body and sex, and reveals how Huxley's use of psychedelic substances a…
Fully Human Being
In Island (1962), Aldous Huxley presents a utopian community in which theinhabitants aim to become "fully human beings" by realizing their "potentialities."I demonstrate how Huxley's notion of the "human potentialities" havebeen misrepresented, both by scholars and by the founders of the Esalen Institute.Huxley's focus on human potentialities arose from a shift in his thinkingfrom the other-worldly mysticism of The Perennial Philosophy (1945) to …
New weird fiction and the oneirologic of both-and
Sigmund Freud discovered that in the unconscious a both-and dream logic prevailed. In his critique of the either-or binary oppositions of Western philosophy, Jacques Derrida appropriated this oneirologic, e.g. arguing that the incest prohibition derived from both nature and culture. In this article, I adopt a deconstructive approach to analyse this both-and oneirologic in a selection of New Weird fiction, namely The City & The City (2009) by Chin…
Francis Bacon, Rosicrucianism and the Rosicrosse Literary Society
Francis Bacon was a renowned statesman and polymath who was feted as the godfather of the scientific method. And yet, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bacon became co-opted as a figurehead for various occult groups, who affirmed that he was the imperator of the Rosicrucian brotherhood and the founder of the Freemasons. This article argues that the theories that link Bacon with the Rosicrucian brotherhood emerged from the cult…
Philosophy (4 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · History of religions (2 works) · Intellectual history (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mysticism (2 works)