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

Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Occult written by Dr Tatiana Kontou and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.