{"product_id":"modern-occultism-history-theory-and-practice-9781722506261","title":"Modern Occultism: History, Theory, and Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003e From Cleopatra to Chaos Magic: A Vibrant, Epic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e History of Occultism in Thought and Practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003eIn this lively, full-circle history, Mitch explores: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreservation of \"hidden wisdom\" in late-ancient Hermeticism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebirth of esoterica during the Renaissance, including Kabbalah, ceremonial magick, alchemy, Gnosticism--and the backlash culminating in the Thirty Years' War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRise of the modern \"secret society,\" such as Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and Illuminati.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMigration of religious radicalism to the New World, including how enslaved people devised the magickal system of hoodoo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWave of occultism ignited by John Dee, the Romantics, Franz Anton Mesmer, Eliphas Lévi, and P.B. Randolph.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe revolution brought by occult explorer Madame H.P. Blavatsky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowth of New Thought and mind metaphysics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow fin de siècle scientists devised clinical protocols to study the supernatural.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOccult influences in politics: a delicate topic weighed maturely.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeterodox movements and figures such as The Process Church, TOPY, Michael Aquino, and Anton LaVey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePioneering 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurprising occult influences on wide-ranging modern icons such as Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, and Isaac Newton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow models of interdimensionality are loosening the hold of materialism on modern thought. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G\u0026amp;D Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781722506261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362","brand":"Mitch Horowitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075541762229,"sku":"9781722506261","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1abed0d9-d876-4c83-8a27-510366b65050.jpg?v=1691468370","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/modern-occultism-history-theory-and-practice-9781722506261","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}