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Occultism in a Global Perspective

By Henrik Bogdan , Gordan Djurdjevic

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
1844657167, 9781844657162
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1841883 bytes)
Series
Approaches to New Religions
Pages
288\269
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-02-16 23:28:48

Description

The study of the ideas and practices associated with occultism is a rapidly growing branch of contemporary scholarship. However, most research has focused on English and French speaking areas and has not addressed the wider spread and significance of occultism. Occultism in a Global Perspective presents a broad international overview. Essays range across the German magical order of the Fraternitas Saturni, esoteric Satanism in Denmark, sexual magic in Colombia and the reception of occultism in modern Turkey, India and the former Yugoslavia. As any other form of cultural practice, the occult is not isolated from its social, discursive, religious, and political environment. By studying occultism in its global context, the book offers insights into the reciprocal relationships that colour and shape regional occultism.

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