- Ritual magic and grimoires
- Parapsychology and psychical research
- Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics
Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
A fascinating study of psychic phenomena and the power of the imagination, interweaving theology, metaphysics, art, literature, and film \nRanges from the Enlightenment, through Victorian séances and the Society of Psychical Research, to modern science and science fictions \nOffers a context for thinking about the influence of the mass media on ideas about existence and reality \nProvides a background to the current crazes for Harry Potter, Tolkien, and Narnia \nRichly illustrated in colour and black and white with highly original material, featuring apparitions, illusions, and other strange and wondrous experiences
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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OpenAlex scholarly book record | 2006-01-01 | Birkbeck, University of London; BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) | English | — | Unknown |
Subjects
- Social Sciences
- Philosophy
- Art
- Psychology
- Literature
- Fantasy
- Social Psychology
- Epistemology
- Art history
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Psychoanalysis
- Aesthetics
- MAGIC (telescope)
- Cultural Studies
- Jungian Analytical Psychology
- Soul
- Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
- Trance
- Enlightenment
- Vision
- Zombie
- Shadow (psychology)
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