Magic, mystery, and science
Subtitle: the occult in Western civilization
By: Dan Burton and David Grandy.
Contributors: Grandy, David.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Occultism -- History
Other titles: Occult in Western civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Egyptians and the occult; title: Magic and miracles; title: Numerology, the Cabala, and alchemy; title: Astrology : the starry heavens above; title: Ancient evil; title: Satan, demons, and jinn; title: Witches and witch-hunts in the West; title: Spirits, science, and pseudo-science in the nineteenth century; title: New Age preludes : up the garden path?; title: ESP and psi phenomena; title: Nazism and ancestral German memories; title: UFOs and alien abductions; title: Gnosticism, old and new; title: NDEs, New Age, and new physics.