
Modern Occultism
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In his most sweeping historical work, occult scholar and widely known voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz presents a lively, intellectually serious historical exploration of modern occultism, from astrology and alchemy to the dawn of Theosophy and modern witchcraft?and the spiritual revolutions that followed.
In this lively, full-circle history, Mitch explores:
- Preservation of ?hidden wisdom? in late-ancient Hermeticism.
- Rebirth of esoterica during the Renaissance, including Kabbalah, ceremonial magick, alchemy, Gnosticism?and the backlash culminating in the Thirty Years' War.
- Rise of the modern ?secret society,? such as Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and Illuminati.
- Migration of religious radicalism to the New World, including how enslaved people devised the magickal system of hoodoo.
- Wave of occultism ignited by John Dee, the Romantics, Franz Anton Mesmer, Eliphas Lévi, and P.B. Randolph.
- The revolution brought by occult explorer Madame H.P. Blavatsky.
- Growth of New Thought and mind metaphysics.
- How fin de siècle scientists devised clinical protocols to study the supernatural.
- Occult influences in politics: a delicate topic weighed maturely.
- Heterodox movements and figures such as The Process Church, TOPY, Michael Aquino, and Anton LaVey.
- Pioneering voices including Manly P. Hall, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce, Carl Jung, Gerald Gardner, Jack Parsons, Annie Besant, G.I. Gurdjieff, Alice Bailey, Austin Osman Spare, and Carlos Castaneda.
- Surprising occult influences on wide-ranging modern icons such as Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, and Isaac Newton.
- How models of interdimensionality are loosening the hold of materialism on modern thought.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter One: The Age of Hermes
- Chapter Two: Renaissance Revival
- Chapter Three: Secret Brotherhoods
- Chapter Four: Mystic America
- Chapter Five: The Occult Revival, Part I
- Chapter Six: The Theosophical Dawn
- Chapter Seven: You Are As Your Mind Is
- Chapter Eight: Secret Teachings Old and New
- Chapter Nine: Politics and the Occult
- Chapter Ten: Science of the Supernatural
- Chapter Eleven: The Occult Revival, Part II
- Chapter Twelve: Aquarius Dawning
- Index
- About the Author
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