Occult Paris Churton Tobias Pevná vazba
How fin-de-siecle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the RenaissanceExamines the remarkable lives of occult practitioners Josephin Peladan,…
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How fin-de-siecle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the RenaissanceExamines the remarkable lives of occult practitioners Josephin Peladan, Papus, Stanislas de Guaita, Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, Jules Doinel, and othersReveals how occult activity deeply influenced many well-known cultural movements, such as Symbolism, the Decadents, modern music, and the "psychedelic 60s"During Paris's Belle Epoque (1871-1914), many cultural movements and artistic styles flourished--Symbolism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau, the Decadents--all of which profoundly shaped modern culture. Inseparable from this cultural advancement was the explosion of occult activity taking place in the City of Light at the same time.Exploring the magical, artistic, and intellectual world of the Belle Epoque, Tobias Churton shows how a wide variety
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