| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in western esoteric traditions |
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Age of Unreason -- 1. Rebirth of Magic -- 2. Occult and the Revolution -- 3. Revolutionary Cults -- 4. Beginnings of Popular Occultism -- 5. Magnetisers and Mediums -- 6. Holy King -- pt. TWO Eliphas Levi -- 7. Early Years -- 8. Radical -- 9. Enter Eliphas Levi -- 10. Magician -- 11. Pundit -- 12. Last Years -- 13. Eliphas Levi: An Assessment -- pt. THREE Towards the Kingdom of the Paraclete -- 14. Heirs of Eliphas Levi -- 15. War of the Roses -- 16. Magical Quest of J.-K. Huysmans -- 17. Writers and the Occult -- 18. Satanists and Anti-Satanists -- 19. Indian Summer of Occultism |
| Summary |
"This classic study of the French magician Eliphas Lévi and the occult revival in france is at last available again after being out of print and highly sought after for many years. Its central focus is Lévi himself (1810-1875), would-be priest, revolutionary socialist, utopian visionary, artist, poet, and, above all, author of a number of seminal books on magic and occultism. It is largely thanks to Lévi that the Tarot is so widely used today as a divinatory method and a system of esoteric symbolism. The magicians of the Golden Dawn were strongly influenced by him, and Aleister Crowley even believed himself to be Lévi's reincarnation. The book is not only about Lévi, but also covers the era of which he was a part and the remarkable figures who preceded and followed him--the esoteric Freemasons and Illuminati of the late eighteenth century, and occultists Papus (Gérard Encausse), the Counter-Pope Eugène Vintras, and the writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, whose work drew strongly on occult themes. These people were avatars of a set of traditions which are now seen as an important part of the western heritage and which are gaining increasing attention in the academy. Christopher McIntosh's vivid account of this richly fascinating era in the history of occultism remains as fresh and compelling as ever"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) |
| Notes |
English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875.
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| SUBJECT |
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875 fast |
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Lévi, Eliphas, 1810-1873. (NL-LeOCL)068561326 nta |
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Occultism -- France
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02.50 esoteric and occult sciences.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Reference.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Occultism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Supernatural.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Mysticism.
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Occultism
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Occultism.
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Social Sciences.
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Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
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France
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France.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010031936 |
| ISBN |
9781441687111 |
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1441687114 |
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9781438435589 |
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1438435584 |
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9781438435565 |
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1438435568 |
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