From Cleopatra to Chaos Magic: A Vibrant, Epic History of Occultism in Thought and Practice

In his most sweeping historical work, occult scholar and widely known voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz presents a lively, intellectually serious historical exploration of modern occultism, from astrology and alchemy to the dawn of Theosophy and modern witchcraft -- and the spiritual revolutions that followed.

In this lively, full-circle history, Mitch explores:


• Preservation of "hidden wisdom" in late-ancient Hermeticism.

• Rebirth of esoterica during the Renaissance, including Kabbalah, ceremonial magick, alchemy, Gnosticism -- and the backlash culminating in the Thirty Years' War.

• Rise of the modern "secret society," such as Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and Illuminati.

• Migration of religious radicalism to the New World, including how enslaved people devised the magickal system of hoodoo.

• Wave of occultism ignited by John Dee, the Romantics, Franz Anton Mesmer, Eliphas Lévi, and P.B. Randolph.

• The revolution brought by occult explorer Madame H.P. Blavatsky.

• Growth of New Thought and mind metaphysics.

• How fin de siècle scientists devised clinical protocols to study the supernatural.

• Occult influences in politics: a delicate topic weighed maturely.

• Heterodox movements and figures such as The Process Church, TOPY, Michael Aquino, and Anton LaVey.

• Pioneering voices including Manly P. Hall, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce, Carl Jung, Gerald Gardner, Jack Parsons, Annie Besant, G.I. Gurdjieff, Alice Bailey, Austin Osman Spare, and Carlos Castaneda.

• Surprising occult influences on wide-ranging modern icons such as Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, and Isaac Newton.

• How models of interdimensionality are loosening the hold of materialism on modern thought.

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