The dark side of the enlightenment : wizards, alchemists, and spiritual seekers in the Age of Reason
Title:
The dark side of the enlightenment : wizards, alchemists, and spiritual seekers in the Age of Reason
Author:
Credits:
John V. Fleming.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date(s):
2013
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
xv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The light and the dark -- Valentine Greatrakes, the stroker -- The convulsionists -- The Rosy Cross -- The Freemasons -- Three occult arts -- Cagliostro ascending -- Cagliostro declining -- Julie de Krüdener, mondaine -- Julie de Krüdener, dévote.
Description:
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.
Document ID:
SD_ILS:1311977
Language:
English
