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Solomon´s Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
Paul Kléber Monod
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Description for Solomon´s Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
Hardback. The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. In this book, the author reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Num Pages: 412 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 40. Weight in Grams: 900.
The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this illuminating book, Paul Monod reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Although public acceptance of occult and magical practices waxed and waned during this period they survived underground, experiencing a considerable revival in the mid-eighteenth century with the rise of new antiestablishment religious denominations. The occult spilled over into politics with the radicalism of the French Revolution and into literature ... Read more
The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this illuminating book, Paul Monod reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Although public acceptance of occult and magical practices waxed and waned during this period they survived underground, experiencing a considerable revival in the mid-eighteenth century with the rise of new antiestablishment religious denominations. The occult spilled over into politics with the radicalism of the French Revolution and into literature ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300123586
SKU
V9780300123586
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About Paul Kléber Monod
Paul Monod is A. Barton Hepburn Professor of History at Middlebury College. He lives in Weybridge, VT.
Reviews for Solomon´s Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
"A definitive document of its material."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Publisher's Weekly
“[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Michael Dirda
The Washington Post
“A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815.”—Library Journal
Library Journal
"...[T]he ... Read more
Publisher's Weekly
“[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Michael Dirda
The Washington Post
“A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815.”—Library Journal
Library Journal
"...[T]he ... Read more