The Occult
Colin Wilson
606 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0394718135
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Language: English
Publish: 98352000000
HistoryMagicNonfictionOccultParanormalPhilosophyPsychologyReferenceReligionSpirituality
Topics include Aleister Crowley, G.I. Gurdjieff, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Kabbalah, primitive magic, Franz Anton Mesmer, Gregor Rasputin, Daniel Dunglas Home, Paracelsus, P.D. Ouspensky, Wm Blake, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Cornelius Agrippa etc.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part 1:
A Survey of the Subject
Magic-The Science of the Future
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Poet as Occultist
Part 2:
A History of Magic
The Evolution of Man
The Magic of Primitive Man
Adepts & Initiates
The World of the Kabbalists
Adepts & Imposters
The 19th Century–Magic & Romanticism
The Beast Himself
Two Russian Mages
Part 3:
Man’s Latent Powers
Witchcraft & Lycanthropy
The Realm of Spirits
Glimpses
Bibliography
Index