Bibliograph

Occult Paris, the lost magic of the Belle Epoque, Tobias Churton

Type

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Occult Paris, the lost magic of the Belle Epoque, Tobias Churton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Occult Paris

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tobias Churton

Sub title

the lost magic of the Belle Epoque

Summary

"How fin-de-siecle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the Renaissance"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

"Memories weigh more than stone" : Edmond Bailly's Bookshop 1888 -- The build up -- Meetings with remarkable men -- Theosophy and the tradition -- Stanislas de Guaita -- The Sar -- The Kabbalistic order of the Rose-Cross -- Papus -- Rosicrucial differences -- The salon of the century -- The Boullan affair -- Satie and Debussy : moved by the Gnosis -- The Gnostic church -- How to become a magus : The Rose-Croix salons 1893-1897 -- The Martinist order -- The boys move in -- To the end with Papus -- The legacy : a forgotten dream

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