Stories
- In pictures
Fake news in the 17th century
An uncanny resemblance to today’s Twitter tiffs characterises a 17th-century argument about demons. Read what happened when the printing presses went into overdrive.
- Article
Eels and feels
For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual.
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Titans in the landscape
- Book extract
The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
Catalogue
- Books
Occultism and modern science / by T. Konstantin Oesterreich.
Oesterreich, Traugott Konstantin, 1880-1949.Date: [1923]- Books
Occultism, witchcraft, and cultural fashions : essays in comparative religions / Mircea Eliade.
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986.Date: 1976- Books
Ways to perfect health / by Irving S. Cooper.
Cooper, Irving S. (Irving Steiger), 1882-1935.Date: 1912- Archives and manuscripts
Chaussegros & others: short works on occultism
Chaussegros, Vital, b.1769.Date: c. 1820Reference: MS.1581Part of: Chaussegros, Vital (1769- )- Books
The place of enchantment : British occultism and the culture of the modern / Alex Owen.
Owen, Alex, 1948-Date: 2004