Solomon's Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment

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Book Title
Solomon's Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
EAN
9780300123586
ISBN
0300123582
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300123582
ISBN-13
9780300123586
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143667343

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
412 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Solomon's Secret Arts : the Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, History & Surveys / Modern, Europe / Great Britain / General, Occultism, Modern / 17th Century
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, History
Author
Paul Kléber Monod
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
26.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-043028
Reviews
"A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815." - Library Journal, "...[T]he book contains a wealth of information that adds to the ongoing scholarly conversations regarding the dynamics of the shifting fortunes of alchemy, astrology, and magic (both natural and ritual) in the early modern period."--Lawrence Principe, Chicago Journals, "A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815." -- Library Journal, "[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research."-Michael Dirda, The Washington Post, "[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post, "...[T]he book contains a wealth of information that adds to the ongoing scholarly conversations regarding the dynamics of the shifting fortunes of alchemy, astrology, and magic (both natural and ritual) in the early modern period."--Lawrence Principe,  Chicago Journals
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
130.9032
Synopsis
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 in early Romanticism. Even when official disapproval was at its strongest, the evidence points to a growing audience for occult publications as well as to subversive popular enthusiasm. Ultimately, finds Monod, the occult was not discarded in favor of "reason" but was incorporated into new forms of learning. In that sense, the occult is part of the modern world, not simply a relic of an unenlightened past, and is still with us today.
LC Classification Number
BF1429

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