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| Introduction |
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PART I ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOURCES |
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1 Ancient Esoteric Traditions: Mystery, Revelation, Gnosis |
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17 | (17) |
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34 | (15) |
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49 | (68) |
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3 The Hermetic Revival in Italy |
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51 | (23) |
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74 | (18) |
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5 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa |
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92 | (7) |
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99 | (8) |
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107 | (10) |
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PART III SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY |
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117 | (78) |
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8 Jacob Bohme and Christian Theosophy |
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119 | (9) |
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9 The Rosicrucian Manifestos and Early Rosicrucianism |
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128 | (17) |
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145 | (12) |
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157 | (16) |
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173 | (9) |
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13 Martinism in Eighteenth-century France |
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182 | (6) |
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14 Animal Magnetism and Mesmerism |
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188 | (7) |
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PART IV NINETEENTH CENTURY |
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195 | (80) |
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197 | (10) |
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16 New Thought Traditions |
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207 | (13) |
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220 | (11) |
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18 Paschal Beverly Randolph |
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231 | (3) |
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234 | (3) |
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20 The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn |
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237 | (10) |
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21 Samuel Liddell Mathers |
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247 | (3) |
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250 | (10) |
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260 | (6) |
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24 The Society for Psychical Research |
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266 | (9) |
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PART V TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD |
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275 | (152) |
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277 | (6) |
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283 | (5) |
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288 | (5) |
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28 Aleister Crowley: A Prophet for the Modern Age |
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293 | (10) |
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303 | (5) |
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30 Rene Guenon and Traditionalism |
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308 | (7) |
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31 Dion Fortune and the Society of the Inner Light |
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315 | (5) |
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32 John Whiteside Parsons |
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320 | (3) |
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33 Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian Tradition |
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323 | (8) |
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331 | (5) |
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336 | (12) |
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36 The Theosophical Current in the Twentieth Century |
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348 | (13) |
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37 Contemporary Paganism and the Occult |
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361 | (11) |
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372 | (10) |
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39 Contemporary Ritual Magic |
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382 | (14) |
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396 | (10) |
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406 | (6) |
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42 Vampirism, Lycanthropy, and Otherkin |
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412 | (12) |
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424 | (3) |
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PART VI POPULAR CULTURE AND THE ARTS |
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427 | (112) |
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44 The Occult and the Visual Arts |
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429 | (17) |
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446 | (13) |
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459 | (5) |
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464 | (5) |
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48 The Occult and Modern Horror Fiction |
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469 | (9) |
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49 The Occult and Science Fiction/Fantasy |
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478 | (14) |
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492 | (7) |
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499 | (10) |
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52 The Occult and Popular Music |
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509 | (22) |
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53 The Occult on the Internet |
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531 | (8) |
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PART VII BELIEFS, PRACTICES, ISSUES, AND APPROACHES |
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539 | (214) |
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541 | (11) |
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552 | (12) |
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564 | (7) |
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571 | (9) |
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580 | (12) |
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592 | (11) |
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603 | (8) |
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61 Orientalism and the Occult |
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611 | (15) |
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626 | (9) |
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63 The Counterculture and the Occult |
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635 | (11) |
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646 | (13) |
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65 The Body in Occult Thought |
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659 | (13) |
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672 | (9) |
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681 | (11) |
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68 Crime, Moral Panic, and the Occult |
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692 | (9) |
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69 Conspiracy Theories and the Occult |
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701 | (9) |
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70 Science and the Occult |
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710 | (10) |
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71 Sociology and the Occult |
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720 | (12) |
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72 Psychology and the Occult: Dialectics of Disenchantment and Re-Enchantment in the Modern Self |
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732 | (12) |
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73 Opposition to the Occult |
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744 | (9) |
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