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Title

The occult revolution; a Christian meditation.

Author

Woods, Richard, 1941-

Publication

[New York] Herder and Herder [1971]

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Details

Description

240 pages; 21 cm

Summary

The occult revolution that has been sweeping the coutnry for the last several years is a religious response to the impact of technological change, according to Richard Woods in this thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Father Woods contends that the churches have failed to provide values acceptable to modern man, and that as a consequence, astrologers, alchemists, witches, soothsayers, and magicians abound in the contemporary world. The author traces their origins from the obscure past and attempts to determine what the current renewal of the occult means for the Christian of the present and for his religion of the future. The occult revolution is a signal; and like all signals its imporance lies not so much in itself as in what it portends.

Subject

• Occultism > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Christentum
• Esoterik
• Parapsychologie

Contents

Introduction. 1. The occult revolution. 2. The magic world of occultism. 3. Sorcerie, magitians, and negromantick bookes. 4. Astrology -- The once and future thing. 5. The celestial machinery and how it works. 6. Witchcraft -- The old religion as a new cult. 7. A rumor of devils. 8. Divination and the future. 9. The dawn of mind. 10. Behind the occult revolution -- a place called anomie. 11. Christ and the powers. 12. Mystics and mod jesters. Afterword. Index.

LCCN

71167866

OCLC

• ocm00212919
• 212919
• SCSB-121430

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library