Magic, mystery and science : the occult in western civilization / Dan Burton and David Grandy.
Pubblicazione:
Bloomington : Indiana university press, c2004.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 390 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Egyptians and the occult 2. Magic and miracles 3. Numerology, the cabala and alchemy 4. Astrology: the starry heavens above 5. Ancient evil 6. Satan, demons and jinn 7. Witches and witch-hunts in the west 8. Spirits, science and pseudo-science in the nineteenth century 9. New Age preludes: up the garden path? 10. ESP and psi phenomena 11. Nazism and ancestral German memories 12. UFOs and alien abductions 13. Gnosticism, old and new 14. NDEs, New Age and new physics. Notes. Illustration credits. Index
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