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Napoleon's sorcerers : the Sophisians
- Title
- Napoleon's sorcerers : the Sophisians / Darius A. Spieth.
- Author
- Spieth, Darius Alexander, 1970-
- Publication
- Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HS929.F8 S75 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sacred Order of Sophisians.
- Description
- 215 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Subject
- Isis (Egyptian deity) > Cult
- Isis (Egyptian deity)
- Sacred Order of Sophisians > Rituals
- Sacred Order of Sophisians
- 1600-1799
- Freemasonry > France > History > 17th century
- Freemasonry > France > History > 18th century
- Egyptology > France > History
- Franc-maçonnerie > France > Histoire > 17e siècle
- Franc-maçonnerie > France > Histoire > 18e siècle
- Égyptologie > France > Histoire
- Cults
- Egyptology
- Freemasonry
- Ritual
- Freimaurer
- Isiskult
- France
- Frankreich
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Sophisians -- 1. Some Sophisian -- Precursors: Comte de Cagliostro, Vivant Denon, and Benjamin de Laborde -- Vivant Denon -- Benjamin de Laborde -- Encounter in Naples -- Giuseppe Balsamo, Comte de Cagliostro -- Egyptian Freemasonry -- 2. The Laboratory of Reason: Egypt from the Philosophes to Napoleon's "Oriental Dream" -- Egypt, an Enlightenment Project -- Esoteric Egypt -- The Sophisians in Egypt -- The Egyptian Campaign and the French Press -- 3. Under the Pyramids of Paris: Sophisian Rituals and the Golden Book -- The Golden Book of the Bibliotheque Nationale -- Aspirants -- Scholar of Hieroglyphics -- Professorship of the Grand Mysteries -- Sophisian Syncretism -- 4. The Sophisians on Stage: Boulevard Theaters and the Spell of Egyptomania -- Cuvelier de Trie and Revolutionary Theater -- Napoleon and the Parisian Stages -- The Ambigu-Comique Theater and the Cirque Olympique -- Freemasonry and Theater Life -- Melodrama and the Empowerment of Imagination -- Conclusion: Egyptosophy versus Anti-Egyptosophy -- Appendix. Members of the Sacred Order of the Sophisians.
- ISBN
- 9780874139570
- 0874139570
- LCCN
- 2007010884
- OCLC
- ocm86117549
- 86117549
- SCSB-1453235
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library