Routledge Library Editions: Occultism

Description

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1978 and 1992, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the occult and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The collection examines occultism from a broad range of disciplines, from shamanism and the occult tarot, to the esoteric and spiritualism. It includes volumes across the disciplines of religion, covering new religious movements, spiritualism, ritual and magic practices. The three books that comprise this set include investigations into the evolution of occultism, as well as the history and practices of the occult as a religious movement. This collection brings back into print insightful and detailed books and will be a must-have resource for academics and students, not only of religion and anthropology, but also of history and psychology. Volume Cover Volume 1 Cover Half Title Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments 1 The World of the Shaman 2 Shamanic Trance 3 Magical Symbols and Ceremonial 4 Techniques of Magical Trance 5 New Directions: From Atavistic Resurgence to the Inner Light Postscript: Why the Shaman? Appendix A: Shamanism, Magic and the Study of Consciousness Appendix B: Major ‘Mythological Correspondence’ in Western Magic Appendix C: Organisations and Groups Notes Bibliography Index Volume 2 Cover Half Title Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Part 1 Source Areas ESP Meditation and Biofeedback Dreams Reincarnation The Origins of Magic Supernatural and Occult Beings Ritual Magic Ritual Consciousness Magical Equipment The Golden Dawn Magical Cosmology The Qabalah The Tarot The Tattvas Magical Attack Sexual Magic Aleister Crowley: Lord of the New Aeon Hypnotism, Auto-suggestion and Relaxation Trance Consciousness Out-of-the-Body Consciousness Drugs and Mystical Consciousness Shamanistic Magic Ghosts and Hauntings Spiritualism Possession Exorcism Faith Healing Vampires Traditional Witchcraft Modern Witchcraft Traditional Satanism Modern Satanism Voodoo Eastern Mysticism Eastern Influence on the Occult Theosophy I Ching Astrology Numerology Palmistry Lost Continents Inner Space Rock Music Occult Art Part 2 Who's Who in the Occult Index Volume 3 Cover Half Title Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF TABLES PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1. OBSERVING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE CULTIC MILIEU A Methodology of Participant Observation Exploring the Cultic Milieu Uncovering Networks of Occultists Becoming a Member of the Esoteric Community Analyzing and Interpreting Fieldwork Products 2. THE ESOTERIC SCENE IN AMERICA A Theory of Esoteric Culture Meanings and Sources of Esotericism Early American Magics and Occultism New Religious Movements Oriental Lights, the Golden Dawn, and Scientific Anomalies The Contemporary Esoteric Scene 3. THE ESOTERIC COMMUNITY IN THE VALLEY Theorizing about Cults, Sects, and the Cultic Milieu Esoteric Culture and the Cultic Milieu The Esoteric Community Assessing the Cultic Milieu 4. CONFEDERATED NETWORKS OF OCCULTISTS The Hermetic Assembly The Augur Alliance The Metaphysic Affiliation Psychic Fairs Networks of Occultists in Perspective 5. BECOMING A TAROT DIVINER Becoming the Phenomenon Encountering the Tarot Learning Divination Reading the Cards Membership in Perspective 6. THE OCCULT TAROT Tarot Cards A Hermeneutics of the Tarot Occult Appropriation of the Cards The Symbolic Key to Arcane Wisdom Deliberating on the Occult Tarot 7. OCCULT THEOSOPHIES OF THE TAROT Vocabularies of Occult Meaning Grammars of Occult Meaning Horizons of Occult Theosophy 8. INTERPRETING THE OCCULT TAROT A Sociological Perspective on Occult Practices Hermetic Study and Meditation Tarot Divination Deciphering Occult Claims to Knowledge 9. ESOTERIC CULTURE AND A POSTMODERN WORLD Reflections on Methodology Esoteric Culture and Modernization The Social Organization of Esoteric Culture The Future of Esoteric Culture APPENDIX A: Esoteric Community Survey Form APPENDIX B: Tarot Card Reader Interview Schedule REFERENCES INDEX