The Occult

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Topics include Aleister Crowley, G.I. Gurdjieff, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Kabbalah, primitive magic, Franz Anton Mesmer, Gregor Rasputin, Daniel Dunglas Home, Paracelsus, P.D. Ouspensky, Wm Blake, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Cornelius Agrippa etc. Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1: A Survey of the Subject Magic-The Science of the Future The Dark Side of the Moon The Poet as Occultist Part 2: A History of Magic The Evolution of Man The Magic of Primitive Man Adepts & Initiates The World of the Kabbalists Adepts & Imposters The 19th Century--Magic & Romanticism The Beast Himself Two Russian Mages Part 3: Man's Latent Powers Witchcraft & Lycanthropy The Realm of Spirits Glimpses Bibliography Index