Magical Beginnings: The Intellectual Origins of the Victorian Occult Revival

In the late nineteenth century, the formation of a society of practising magicians marked the climax of the Victorian revival of magic and occultism. This paper examines the origins of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn through an analysis of the intellectual environment of the nineteenth century...

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Main Author: Alison Butler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Western Australia 2003-06-01
Series:Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://www.archive.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/186577/5Butler2.pdf