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Libra Esoterica

Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science

With Glossary of Eastern Words

by Henry Steel Olcott

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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The renowned lawyer and journalist Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) published this work in 1885. In this work Olcott carefully lays out his arguments for the basis of theosophy, arguing for the truth of all religions because they share the same ancient roots or 'ur-religion'. As a founding member and the first president of the Theosophical Society, Olcott uses the work to set out the aims and objectives of the Society and attempts to reconcile his spiritual beliefs with science, reason and modernity. The work also includes accounts of his attempted empirical investigations into hypnotism, mesmerism and other spiritualist activities. The final chapters include discussions of India, Buddhism and Zoroastrian religion. The work was deeply influenced by Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), then Olcott's close friend but later his opponent. It is a key text of the nineteenth-century theosophical movement and is an indispensable source for research into Victorian occult philosophy.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the description, “occult” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “occult”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref and openalex matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the title, “theosophical” in the description, “Theosophy” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Theosophy”· via Crossref
    • “Theosophy”· via OpenAlex
    • “Theosophy”· in title
    • “theosophical”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Retained metadata contains “Hypnotism” in the description and “Mesmerism” in the description.

    • “Hypnotism”· in description
    • “Mesmerism”· in description

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With Glossary of Eastern Words

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2011-06-02Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9780511974625
  • 9781108072649
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crossref:10.1017/cbo9780511974625
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