Eliphas Levi and the French Occult Revival (SUNY series in

Eliphas Levi and the French Occult Revival (SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions)

A searching study of Eliphas LÃ©vi and the French occult revival.

This classic study of the French magician Eliphas LÃ©vi and the occult revival in France is at last available again after being out of print and highly sought after for many years. Its central focus is LÃ©vi himself (1810â€“1875), would-be priest, revolutionary socialist, utopian visionary, artist, poet, and, above all, author of a number of seminal books on magic and occultism. It is largely thanks to LÃ©vi that the Tarot is so widely used today as a divinatory method and a system of esoteric symbolism. The magicians of the Golden Dawn were strongly influenced by him, and Aleister Crowley even believed himself to be LÃ©viâ€™s reincarnation. The book is not only about LÃ©vi, but also covers the era of which he was a part and the remarkable figures who preceded and followed himâ€”the esoteric Freemasons and Illuminati of the late eighteenth century, and later figures such as the Rosicrucian magus JosÃ©phin PÃ©ladan, the occultist Papus (GÃ©rard Encausse), the Counter-Pope EugÃ¨ne Vintras, and the writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, whose work drew strongly on occult themes. These people were avatars of a set of traditions which are now seen as an important part of the western heritage and which are gaining increasing attention in the academy. Christopher McIntoshâ€™s vivid account of this richly fascinating era in the history of occultism remains as fresh and compelling as ever.
Country USA
Brand State University Press of New York (Suny)
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781438435565
ReleaseDate 2011-01-01

Country	USA
Brand	State University Press of New York (Suny)
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781438435565
ReleaseDate	2011-01-01

Eliphas Levi and the French Occult Revival (SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions)

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