Occult Paris: The Lost Magic of the Belle Époque

by Tobias Churton

How fin-de-siècle Paris became the locus for the most intense revival of magical practices and doctrines since the Renaissance * Examines the remarkable lives of occult practitioners Joséphin Peladan, Papus, Stanislas de Guaïta, Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, Jules Doinel, and others * Reveals how occult activity deeply influenced many well-known cultural movements, such as Symbolism, the Decadents, modern music, and the "psychedelic 60s" During Paris's Belle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162055545X
• ISBN13: 9781620555453
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"