| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
invoking tradition |
| Author: |
ButlerAlison., |
| Place of Publication: |
Basingstoke |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (1 v.) |
| Series: |
Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic |
| Subject: |
Occultism - History - 19th century. - |
| Subject: |
Philosophy. - |
| Subject: |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Parapsychology - |
| Subject: |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Reference. - |
| Subject: |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Occultism. - |
| Subject: |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Supernatural. - |
| Subject: |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Mysticism. - |
| Subject: |
Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought - United Kingdom, Great Britain. - c 1800 to c 1900 - |
| Subject: |
Religion. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230294707 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals, institutions and literature associated with this revival and demonstrates how Victorian occultism provided an alternative to the tightening clmps of science and religion in a social environment that nurtured magical beliefs. |
| ISBN: |
9780230223394electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230223397electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780230294707electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230294707electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
A new order A new magic Resurrecting the past: Hiram, Isis, and the rosy cross Preservation and improvisation: nineteenth century magicians Magical libraries: what occultists read Revolutionizing magic: the will conquers the spirit Middle-class magic. |