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The Occult: A History is a 1971 nonfiction occult book by English writer, Colin Wilson. Topics covered include Aleister Crowley , George Gurdjieff , Helena Blavatsky , Kabbalah , primitive magic, Franz Mesmer , Grigori Rasputin , Daniel Dunglas Home , Paracelsus , P. D. Ouspensky , William Blake , Giacomo Casanova , Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ...
The Occult World is a book originally published in 1881 in London; it was compiled by a member of the Theosophical Society A. P. Sinnett. [1] It was the first theosophical work by the author; according to Goodrick-Clarke, this book "gave sensational publicity to Blavatsky's phenomena" and the letters from the mahatmas, and drew the attention of the London Society for Psychical Research.
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Barrett was enthusiastic about reviving interest in the occult arts, and published a magical textbook called The Magus.It was a compilation, [2] almost entirely consisting of selections from Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy attributed to Agrippa, and Robert Turner's 1655 translation of the Heptameron of Peter of Abano.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia libri III) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of magic, and its relationship with religion.
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The term occultism derives from the older term occult, much as the term esotericism derives from the older term esoteric. [11] However, the historian of esotericism Wouter Hanegraaff stated that it was important to distinguish between the meanings of the term occult and occultism. [19] Occultism is not a homogenous movement and is widely ...