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Occultism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

by Christopher Partridge

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  • 21st century

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This chapter explores the use of drugs in the occult milieu of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The focus is fin de siècle occultism. While it examines the significance of drug use in the life and work of key figures such as W. B. Yeats, Helena Blavatsky, and Aleister Crowley, it also looks at little-known but important occultists such as Paschal Beverly Randolph and Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet, as well as organizations such as the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and the Order of the Golden Dawn. There is also some analysis of temperance discourses within Theosophy and particularly Spiritualism. Finally, there is an overview of drug use in post-Crowleyan Thelemic thought later in the twentieth century.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Occultism and esotericism, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the title, “occult” in the description, “Occultism” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Occultism”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in edition title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the description.

    • “hermetic”· in description
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the description.

    • “Theosophy”· in description
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Retained metadata contains “golden dawn” in the description.

    • “golden dawn”· in description
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the description.

    • “Spiritualism”· in description

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2018-05-24Oxford University Press——Unknown

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