The secret life of genius
Subtitle: how 24 great men and women were touched by spiritual worlds
By: John Chambers.
Publisher: Destiny Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594772726
Subjects: Magic; Occultism; Genius -- Biography; Genius -- Miscellanea; Parapsychology
Genres: Biography; Miscellanea
Description: "A look at the metaphysical experiences that shaped the lives and work of 24 great men and women from the Renaissance to modern times"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Prague's other universe; title: Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571); title: The goldsmith and the guardian angel; title: Michel de Nostradamus (1503-1566); title: The art of astral medicine; title: Ben Jonson (1572-1637); title: The occult as confidence game; title: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727); title: In search of the historical Noah; title: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832); title: The battle over light; title: William Blake (1757-1827); title: The horse's mouth; title: Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869); title: The fall of an Ange; title: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851); title: The last man; title: Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850); title: Triumph and tragedy of the inner self; title: Victor Hugo (1802-1885); title: What the shadow's mouth says; title: Jules Verne (1828-1905); title: The prophet as Peter Pan; title: Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910); title: The fruits of Enlightenment; title: Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891); title: Mistress of Hidden Wisdom; title: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939); title: Metaphors for poetry; title: H.  G. Wells (1866-1946); title: The father of science fiction have a near-death experience?; title: Thomas Mann (1871-1950); title: "It was not possible but it happened"; title: Harry Houdini (1874-1926); title: Ultimate escape; title: Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965); title: Encounter in the transvaal; title: Carl G. Jung (1875-1961); title: Speaker for the dead; title: Sri Yashoda Ma; title: A guest in the House of Krishna; title: Doris Lessing (1919-); title: Canopus in Argos : archives; title: Norman Mailer (1923-2007); title: Boxing with the devil; title: YukioMishima (1925-1970); title: Martyr-genius of Jpan; title: James Merrill (1926-1995); title: I and mine hold it back brothers.