The Occult UndergroundJust when it seemed that Science and Reason had scored their greatest triumphs, the mid-mineteenth century witnessed an astonishing rebirth of occultism and anti-rationalism: the beginnings of the movement we now call New Age. A secret tradition of knowledge rejected by the Christian or Scientific establishments suddenly became emboldened to seek publicity and converts. |
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Page 297
... Louis XVII . Perhaps in response to this willingness to absolve the Revolution of infanticide , there arose a clamorous school of thought which maintained that the child - king had in fact escaped from his would - be murderers and was ...
... Louis XVII . Perhaps in response to this willingness to absolve the Revolution of infanticide , there arose a clamorous school of thought which maintained that the child - king had in fact escaped from his would - be murderers and was ...
Page 305
... Louis XVII latterly fused and confused their expectations with the equally apocalyptic doctrine of the Poles . A. E. Waite com- pares the Messianism of Hoëne - Wronski to the pro- clamations of Vintras that a new age would dawn with the ...
... Louis XVII latterly fused and confused their expectations with the equally apocalyptic doctrine of the Poles . A. E. Waite com- pares the Messianism of Hoëne - Wronski to the pro- clamations of Vintras that a new age would dawn with the ...
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... Louis levitation , 19 , 135 Liber de causis , 210 Liberal Catholic Church , 103 , 129- 30 252 , 284-5 Librarie du ... XVII " , 297-8 , 300-5 Louis XVIII , of France , 298-9 Louis Napoleon , 310 Louise of Savoy , 219 Lourdes , 136 , 140 ...
... Louis levitation , 19 , 135 Liber de causis , 210 Liberal Catholic Church , 103 , 129- 30 252 , 284-5 Librarie du ... XVII " , 297-8 , 300-5 Louis XVIII , of France , 298-9 Louis Napoleon , 310 Louise of Savoy , 219 Lourdes , 136 , 140 ...
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