Occult Paris : the lost magic of the Belle Époque / Tobias Churton.
- Churton, Tobias, 1960-
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
About this work
Description
"How fin-de-siècle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Rochester, Vermont : Inner Traditions, [2016]
Physical description
xvii, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
"Memories weigh more than stone" : Edmond Bailly's Bookshop 1888 -- The build up -- Meetings with remarkable men -- Theosophy and the tradition -- Stanislas de Guaita -- The Sâr -- The Kabbalistic order of the Rose-Cross -- Papus -- Rosicrucial differences -- The salon of the century -- The Boullan affair -- Satie and Debussy : moved by the Gnosis -- The Gnostic church -- How to become a magus : The Rose-Croix salons 1893-1897 -- The Martinist order -- The boys move in -- To the end with Papus -- The legacy : a forgotten dream.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-478) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBV.36.AA7-8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781620555453
- 162055545X