The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult
The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult

Author: Tatiana Kontou

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 131704228X

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Critical attention to the Victorian supernatural has flourished over the last twenty-five years. Whether it is spiritualism or Theosophy, mesmerism or the occult, the dozens of book-length studies and hundreds of articles that have appeared recently reflect the avid scholarly discussion of Victorian mystical practices. Designed both for those new to the field and for experts, this volume is organized into sections covering the relationship between Victorian spiritualism and science, the occult and politics, and the culture of mystical practices. The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult brings together some of the most prominent scholars working in the field to introduce current approaches to the study of nineteenth-century mysticism and to define new areas for research.

Poe, Fuller, and the Mesmeric Arts
Poe, Fuller, and the Mesmeric Arts

Author: Bruce Mills

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0826265006

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"Examines how the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller draw from representations of and theories concerning animal magnetism, somnambulism, or hypnosis rendered in newspapers, literary and medical journals, pamphlets, and books, and also includes discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lydia Maria Child, and Walt Whitman"--Provided by publisher.

Spirit Matters
Spirit Matters

Author: J. Jeffrey Franklin

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1501715461

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Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions -- The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary -- The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology -- Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon -- Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court -- Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England -- The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities