India and the Occult The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism /

India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associa...

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Main Author: Djurdjevic, G. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137404992
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Summary:India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc.
Physical Description:IX, 194 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781137404992