The dark side of the enlightenment : wizards, alchemists, and spiritual seekers in the Age of Reason / John V. Fleming.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393079463 (hbk.) :
  • 0393079465 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 130.94/09033 23
LOC classification:
  • B802 .F55 2013
Contents:
Introduction: The light and the dark -- Valentine Greatrakes, the stroker -- The convulsionists -- The Rosy Cross -- The Freemasons -- Three occult arts -- Cagliostro ascending -- Cagliostro declining --
Summary: In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the darker pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His topics include the stubborn survival of the miraculous the Enlightenment roles of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry and the widespread pursuit of magic and alchemy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The light and the dark -- Valentine Greatrakes, the stroker -- The convulsionists -- The Rosy Cross -- The Freemasons -- Three occult arts -- Cagliostro ascending -- Cagliostro declining --

In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the darker pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His topics include the stubborn survival of the miraculous the Enlightenment roles of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry and the widespread pursuit of magic and alchemy.

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