Theosophical Enlightenment

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SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1994 - Religion - 448 pages
 

Contents

The Worship of the Generative Powers
1
The Cult of the Sun
27
The Blasphemers
49
The Shoemaker and the Squire
67
Magicians and Revolutionaries
93
Neophytes and Initiates
115
Artists and Astrologers
131
Animal Magnetism
151
Rosicrucian Pretenders
247
Enter Madame Blavatsky
277
Wisdom from the East
307
The Hermetic Reaction
333
The Parting of East and West
363
Transcription of Raja Rammohun Roy s letter to Robert Dale Owen
381
Transcription of Hargrave Jenningss letter to BulwerLytton
383
Notes
387

Visions in the Crystal
169
Hydesville and After
187
From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn
205
The Way to Christ
227
Bibliography of Works Cited
419
Index
435
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Joscelyn Godwin is a Professor at Colgate University. His previous works include Arktos; Robert Fludd; Athanasius Kircher; Mystery Religions in the Ancient World; Harmonies of Heaven and Earth; The Mystery of the Seven Vowels; and L’Ésotérisme musical en France.

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