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Occultism in a Global Perspective

Title
Occultism in a Global Perspective / edited by Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic.
Publication
Durham ; Bristol, CT : Acumen Pub Ltd, c2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Bogdan, Henrik.
  • Djurdjevic, Gordan.
Description
ix, 258 p.; 24 cm
Subject
  • Occultism > Cross-cultural studies
  • Witchcraft > Cross-cultural studies
  • Satanism > Cross-cultural studies
  • Shamanism > Cross-cultural studies
  • Supernatural > Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contributors -- 1. Introduction: occultism in a global perspective / Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic -- 2. Locating the West: problematizing the Western in Western esoteric ism and occultism / Kennet Granholm -- 3. The magical order of the Fraternitas Saturni / Hans Thomas Hakl -- 4. In communication with the powers of darkness: Satanism in turn-of-the-century Denmark, and its use as a legitimating device in present-day esotericism / Per Faxneld -- 5. Hidden wisdom in the ill-ordered house: a short survey of occultism in former Yugoslavia / Gordan Djurdjevic -- 6. Occultism and Christianity in twentieth-century Italy: Tommaso Palamidessi's Christian magic / Francesco Baroni -- 7. Savitri Devi, Miguel Serrano and the global phenomenon of esoteric Hitlerism / Arthur Versluis -- 8. Sexual magic and Gnosis in Colombia: tracing the influence of G. I. Gurdjieff on Samael Aun Weor / PierLuigi Zoccatelli -- 9. Occultism in an Islamic context: the case of modern Turkey from the nineteenth century to the present time / Thierry Zarcone -- 10. Reception of occultism in India: the case of the Holy Order of Krishna / Henrik Bogdan -- 11. Transnational necromancy: W. B. Yeats, Izumi Kyôka and neo-nô as occultic stagecraft / Emily Ao8ife Somers -- 12. An Australian original : Rosaleen Norton and her magical cosmology / Nevill Drury.
Call Number
JFE 14-2438
ISBN
  • 9781844657162
  • 1844657167
OCLC
827261800
Title
Occultism in a Global Perspective / edited by Henrik Bogdan and Gordan Djurdjevic.
Imprint
Durham ; Bristol, CT : Acumen Pub Ltd, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bogdan, Henrik.
Djurdjevic, Gordan.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-2438
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