Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia

Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia traces the history of occult thought and practice from its origins in private salons to its popularity in turn-of-the-century mass culture. In lucid prose, Julia Mannherz examines the ferocious public debates of the 1870s on higher dimensional mathematics and the workings of séance phenomena, discusses the world of cheap instruction manuals and popular occult journals, and looks at haunted houses, which br...

By Julia Mannherz
Hardcover: 316 pages
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press (October 15, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0875804624
ISBN-13: 978-0875804620
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 5319661
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An impressive, thoughtful, well-sourced investigation of the role of occultism in late 19th (and very early 20th Century Russia). I found this book while researching at a library and after skimming through it for a few minutes realized that I must ha

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