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Book descriptionFor someone interested in the history of various esoteric ideas, this book does a pretty good job by way of introductions to encourage further reading in particular topics of interest. If youre looking for a unbiased account, this is not it. There are a few slips in a number of essays, especially the introduction, in which authors betray their academically disguised contempt for the issues to examine. Personally, I find that hints of a very negative relationship with the phenomenal reality of these types of occurrences colors historical retelling through selective editing of the data. Sometimes this happens so heavily that the veracity is the narrative is highly suspect. A sensitive and neutral treatment of these topics is essential, either to make the point that its all superstition or perhaps is often exactly what its presented as.Despite these doubts about the authors capacity to separate their personal ideologies from their job as historians, theres a lot to gain from reading this today if you want a quick, neatly segmented sense of why occultism (and related ideas) is both so popular and so frequently attacked.Andover Witchcraft and the Causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials really contextualized the Salem incident and asked some interesting questions about the contemporary understanding. The Dark Ages of American Occultism, 1760-1848 opens some doors to wondering about what was percolating in this period, and just wasnt documented enough for there to be a trace.The Fox Sisters and American Spiritualism was a very informing essay until the last paragraph where Ernest Isaacs assures the reader that his subjects were pathologically deluding themselves, not to worry. Its this kind of blatant opinionated conclusion that bothered me, especially since the rest of the essay withheld any opinion and let the historical actors speak for themselves.As an introduction to Theosophy this is a good place to start, and this shows how spiritualism brought together Blavatsky and Olcott and focuses on what really got them going, and not so much on the sometimes disappointing later period (claims of fraudulence and finding the savior, etc). Theres a look at Mormonism and Christian Science via the claims and counter-claims of occultism (used as an insult), a nice rundown of Vivekanandas historic 1893 address, a great essay just focusing on women (and womens roles in these movements). a strange technical piece on modes of narrative, and finally a brief history of ufology (and a helpful one) by the contentious and vocal David M. Jacobs.Overall, while I sometimes have my doubts about the authors, what really leads me to appreciate this book is the length of the essays. A short encyclopedia entry on a lot of these topics simply isnt enough context and a few hundred pages of detailed history is overkill, especially if the topical interest is only mild. The anthology style really works here with the ten to twenty page range giving enough room to drill down a little without becoming tedious. Three decades after publication, Id love to see a followup, and one that takes pains not to dictate what the reader should believe about these histories.The Occult in America: New Historical Perspectives by Howard Kerr (Editor) tablet format author itunes online
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