The theosophical enlightenment /
An enticing intellectual history of various esoteric currents from the early Romantic period to the early twentieth century. The author maintains that the Theosophical Society held a crucial position as the place where all those currents temporarily united, before diverging again.
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1994.
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| Serie: | SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=6148 |
Sommario:
- 1. The Worship of the Generative Powers
- 2. The Cult of the Sun
- 3. The Blasphemers
- 4. The Shoemaker and the Squire
- 5. Magicians and Revolutionaries
- 6. Neophytes and Initiates
- 7. Artists and Astrologers
- 8. Animal Magnetism
- 9. Visions in the Crystal
- 10. Hydesville and After
- 11. From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn
- 12. The Way to Christ
- 13. Rosicrucian Pretenders
- 14. Enter Madame Blavatsky
- 15. Wisdom from the East
- 16. The Hermetic Reaction
- 17. The Parting of East and West
- Appendix A: Letter from Rammohun Roy to Robert Dale Owen
- Appendix B: Letter from Hargrave Jennings to Bulwer-Lytton.