The Occult: A HistoryRandom House, 1971 - 601 من الصفحات The Occult is in three parts. In the first, Wilson argues the connection between creativity and psychic sensitivity, the tapping of the subconscious mind for the forces that are normally inaccessible to consciousness. The second part is a history of mages and adepts--among them Nostradamus, Dr. John Dee, Cagliostro, Anton Mesmer, Aleister Crowley, Gurdjieff--set in their historical background. The third part concerns witchcraft, werewolves and vampirism, the history of spiritualism, the problem of ghosts and poltergeists. The last chapter, "Glimpses," takes up the metaphysical questions that arise out of occultism, as well as the problem of time, and gives concluding statements on the nature of man's latent powers.--From publisher description. |
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... finally , one tired and sarcastic doctor told him that he should try Mesmer , meaning , no doubt , to intimate that since the baron's troubles were imaginary , a quack could do them no harm . Mesmer went to the baron's estate at Rokow ...
... finally , one tired and sarcastic doctor told him that he should try Mesmer , meaning , no doubt , to intimate that since the baron's troubles were imaginary , a quack could do them no harm . Mesmer went to the baron's estate at Rokow ...
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... finally succumbed to the demands of his Medical College to set up an indepen- dent commission of enquiry . In 1784 several doctors observed with fas- cination the violent convulsions of the patients , and concluded that although Mesmer ...
... finally succumbed to the demands of his Medical College to set up an indepen- dent commission of enquiry . In 1784 several doctors observed with fas- cination the violent convulsions of the patients , and concluded that although Mesmer ...
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... finally decided that they had become the sport of evil spirits . The scandals created by these extraordinary events finally led to Irving being dismissed , only two years after the ' voices ' had begun ; he died less than a year later ...
... finally decided that they had become the sport of evil spirits . The scandals created by these extraordinary events finally led to Irving being dismissed , only two years after the ' voices ' had begun ; he died less than a year later ...
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INTRODUCTION | 21 |
Unseen forces of ancient man Scientific rationalism has made man | 22 |
MagicThe Science of the Future | 37 |
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