Victorian occultism and the making of modern magic
Subtitle: invoking tradition
By: Alison Butler
Series: Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic; Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780230223394
Subjects: Occultism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new order; title: A new magic; title: Resurrecting the past: Hiram, Isis, and the rosy cross; title: Preservation and improvisation: nineteenth-century magicians; title: Magical libraries: what occultists read; title: Revolutionizing magic: the will conquers the spirit; title: Middle-class magic.