The occult nineteenth century : roots, developments, and impact on the modern world

Author(s)

• Pokorny, Lukas
• Winter, Franz

Bibliographic Information

The occult nineteenth century : roots, developments, and impact on the modern world

Lukas Pokorny, Franz Winter, editors

（Palgrave studies in new religions and alternative spiritualities / series editors, James R. Lewis, Henrik Bogdan）

Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, c2021

• : [pbk.]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The nineteenth century witnessed a proliferation of alternative religious currents and practices, appropriating earlier traditions, entangling geographically distinct spiritual discourses, and crafting a repository of mindscapes eminently suitable to be accommodated by later generations of thinkers and practitioners. Penned by specialists in the field, this volume examines important themes and figures pertaining to this occult amalgam and its resonance into the twentieth century and beyond. Global guises of the occult, ranging from the Americas and Europe to India, are variously addressed, with special attention to the crucial role of mesmerism and the origins of modern yoga.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. Introductory Remarks Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter Part I: Mesmerism 2. Carl August von Eschenmayer and the Somnambulic Soul Wouter J. Hanegraaff 3. Priest-doctors and Magnetisers: Mesmerism, Romantic Medicine, and Catholic Thought in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century Maren Sziede 4. Animal Magnetism and Its Psychological Implications in Hungary JuliaGyimesi 5. From Fluidum to Prana: Reading Mesmerism through Orientalist Lenses Dominic S. Zoehrer PartII: Occultism in America and Europe 6. Total Recall: The "Panoramic Life Review" near Death as Proof of the Soul's Timeless Self-Presence in Western Esotericism of the Nineteenth Century Jens Schlieter 7. Stages in the Development of an Occult Linguistics Olav Hammer 8. The Art of Esoteric Posthumousness Marco Pasi 9. Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie and Sexual Regeneration John Patrick Deveney 10. The Theosophical Maitreya: On Benjamin Creme's Millenarianism Lukas Pokorny 11. Martial Arts Spirituality in Sweden: The Occult Connection Per Faxneld Part III: Occultism in Global Perspective 12. A Study into a Transreligious Quest for the Ultimate Truth: Indian, Muslim, and European Interpretations of the Upanishads Franz Winter 13. Occult's First Foot Soldier in Bengal: Peary Chand Mittra and the Early Theosophical Movement Mriganka Mukhopadhyay 14. Re-Imagining an Ancient Greek Philosopher: The Pythagorean Musings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho) Almut-Barbara Renger 15. African and Amerindian Spirits: A Note on the Influence of Nineteenth Century Spiritism and Spiritualism on Afro- and African-American Religions Hans Gerald Hoedl Part IV: Occultism and Modern Yoga 16. Sri Sabhapati Swami: The Forgotten Yogi of Western Esotericism Keith EdwardCantu 17. Tracing Vivekananda's Prana and Akasa: The Yogavasistha and Rama Prasad's Occult Science of Breath Magdalena Kraler 18. Guru and Messiah: On the First Yoga Handbook in Polish Language: Wincenty Lutoslawski'sThe Development of the Power of Will by Means of Psychophysical Exercises (1909) MarlisLami

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD00524109
• ISBN:
  • 9783030553203
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 444 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 201.613
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Occultism -- Religious aspects
  • LCSH : Occultism -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Religion -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB27511158