{"product_id":"a-dark-muse-a-history-of-the-occult-9781560256564","title":"A Dark Muse: A History of the Occult","description":"The occult was a crucial influence on the Renaissance, and it obsessed the popular thinkers of the day. But with the \u003ci\u003eAge of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, occultism was sidelined; only charlatans found any use for it. Occult ideas did not disappear, however, but rather went underground. It developed into a fruitful source of inspiration for many important artists. Works of brilliance, sometimes even of genius, were produced under its influence. In \u003ci\u003eA Dark Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, Lachman discusses the Enlightenment obsession with occult politics, the Romantic explosion, the futuristic occultism of the fin de sièe, and the deep occult roots of the modernist movement. Some of the writers and thinkers featured in this hidden history of western thought and sensibility are Emanuel Swedenborg, Charles Baudelaire, J. K. Huysmans, August Strindberg, William Blake, Goethe, Madame Blavatsky, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, and Malcolm Lowry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560256564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.02w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gary Lachman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403416596661,"sku":"9781560256564","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e58a2950-9d91-4acd-a73b-dfa1cea35b7c.jpg?v=1774969162","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-dark-muse-a-history-of-the-occult-9781560256564","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}