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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... ment proper , those of the Theosophists and the Christian Scientists were the most popular . In the Scientific Section a Catholic priest from Paris , Father D'Arby , proclaimed rashly : " We love science . The office of science in ...
... ment proper , those of the Theosophists and the Christian Scientists were the most popular . In the Scientific Section a Catholic priest from Paris , Father D'Arby , proclaimed rashly : " We love science . The office of science in ...
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... ment for Women's Suffrage and the Theosophical Move- ment ran in England simultaneous courses . Lady Emily Lutyens , the wife of the architect , is in- teresting in this context . Before joining the Theosophical Society she had ...
... ment for Women's Suffrage and the Theosophical Move- ment ran in England simultaneous courses . Lady Emily Lutyens , the wife of the architect , is in- teresting in this context . Before joining the Theosophical Society she had ...
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... ment in the Jacobite movement in Ellic Howe , Magicians of the Golden Dawn . 64. John Symonds , The Great Beast ( paperback edition , 1963 ) , p . 87 , note 1 . 65. Nothing is more telling than the total other - worldliness of A.E. ...
... ment in the Jacobite movement in Ellic Howe , Magicians of the Golden Dawn . 64. John Symonds , The Great Beast ( paperback edition , 1963 ) , p . 87 , note 1 . 65. Nothing is more telling than the total other - worldliness of A.E. ...
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