{"product_id":"modern-occultism-book-mitch-horowitz-9781722506261","title":"Modern Occultism","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Cleopatra to Chaos Magic: A Vibrant, Epic History of Occultism in Thought and Practice\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\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lively, full-circle history, Mitch explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\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 L vi, 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 si cle 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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49746269798673,"sku":"NGR9781722506261","price":31.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49873467867409,"sku":"GOR013804300","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51047281426705,"sku":"NIN9781722506261","price":28.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51695113208081,"sku":"CIN1722506261G","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52149912535313,"sku":"NLS9781722506261","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1722506261.jpg?v=1751248273","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/modern-occultism-book-mitch-horowitz-9781722506261","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}