Politics and the Occult
Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Quest Books
Release Date : 2012-12-16
ISBN 10 : 9780835630085
Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (835 users)
Download or read book Politics and the Occult PDF or another Format written by Gary Lachman and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2012-12-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gritty business of politics is not something we usually associate with the occult. But esoteric beliefs have influenced the destiny of nations since the time of ancient Egypt and China, when decisions of state were based on portents and astrology, to today, when presidents and prime ministers privately consult self-proclaimed seers. Politics and the Occult offers a lively history of this enduring phenomenon. Author and cultural pundit Gary Lachman provocativly questions whether the separation of church and state so dear to modern political philosophy should be maintained. A few of his fascinating topics include the fate of the Knights Templar and the medieval Gnostic Cathars, the occult roots of America and the French Revolution in Freemasonry, Gurdjieff and the swastika, Soviet interest in UFOs, the CIA and LSD, the Age of Aquarius, the millenarian politics that inform the struggle with Islamic terrorism, fundamentalism, and more.
Surrealism, Occultism and Politics
Author : Tessel M. Bauduin
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-16
ISBN 10 : 9781351379021
Pages : 290 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (351 users)
Download or read book Surrealism, Occultism and Politics PDF or another Format written by Tessel M. Bauduin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the relationship between occultism and Surrealism, specifically exploring the reception and appropriation of occult thought, motifs, tropes and techniques by Surrealist artists and writers in Europe and the Americas, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Its central focus is the specific use of occultism as a site of political and social resistance, ideological contestation, subversion and revolution. Additional focus is placed on the ways occultism was implicated in Surrealist discourses on identity, gender, sexuality, utopianism and radicalism.
The Modernity of Witchcraft
Author : Peter Geschiere
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : 0813917034
Pages : 332 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (917 users)
Download or read book The Modernity of Witchcraft PDF or another Format written by Peter Geschiere and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many Westerners, the disappearance of African traditions of witchcraft might seem inevitable wuth continued modernization. In The Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschieres uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved with the forces of modernity. Geshiere explores why modern techniques and commodities, usually of Western Provenance, have become central in rumors of the occult.
The King in Orange
Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-05-04
ISBN 10 : 9781644112595
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (644 users)
Download or read book The King in Orange PDF or another Format written by John Michael Greer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Details the magical war that took place behind the scenes of the 2016 election • Examines in detail the failed magical actions of Trump’s opponents, with insights on political magic from Dion Fortune’s war letters • Reveals the influence of a number of occult forces from Julius Evola to chaos magick to show how the political and magical landscape of American society has permanently changed since the 2016 election Magic and politics seem like unlikely bedfellows, but in The King in Orange, author John Michael Greer goes beyond superficial memes and extreme partisanship to reveal the unmentionable realities that spawned the unexpected presidential victory of an elderly real-estate mogul turned reality-TV star and which continue to drive the deepening divide that is now the defining characteristic of American society. Greer convincingly shows how two competing schools of magic were led to contend for the presidency in 2016 and details the magical war that took place behind the scenes of the campaign. Through the influence of a number of occult forces from Julius Evola to chaos magicians, as well as the cult of positive thinking, Greer shows that the main contenders in this magical war were the status quo magical state, as defined by the late scholar Ioan Couliano, which has repurposed the “manipulative magic” techniques of the Renaissance magi into the subliminal techniques of modern advertising, and an older, deeper, and less reasonable form of magic--the “magic of the excluded”--which was employed by chaos magicians and alt-right internet wizards whose desires coalesced in the form of a frog avatar that led the assault against the world we knew. Examining in detail the magical actions of Trump’s opponents, with insights on political magic from occultist Dion Fortune’s war letters, the author discusses how the magic of the privileged has functioned to keep the comfortable classes from being able to respond effectively to the populist challenge and how and why the “Magic Resistance,” which tried to turn magic against Trump, has failed. Showing how the political and magical landscape of American society has permanently changed since the 2016 election cycle, Greer reveals that understanding the coming of the King in Orange will be a crucial step in making sense of the world for a long time to come.
Witchcraft, Power and Politics
Author : Isak Niehaus
Publisher : Anthropology, Culture and Soci
Release Date : 2001-05-20
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015050786170
Pages : 282 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (39 users)
Download or read book Witchcraft, Power and Politics PDF or another Format written by Isak Niehaus and published by Anthropology, Culture and Soci. This book was released on 2001-05-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and in-depth study of witchcraft in contemporary South Africa.
Mechanical Occult
Author : Alan Ramon Clinton
Publisher : Peter Lang
Release Date : 2004
ISBN 10 : 0820469432
Pages : 242 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (469 users)
Download or read book Mechanical Occult PDF or another Format written by Alan Ramon Clinton and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, technology and spirituality formed uncanny alliances in countless manifestations of automatism. From Victorian mediums to the psychiatrists who studied them, from the Fordist assembly line to the Hollywood studios that adopted its practices, from Surrealism on the left to Futurism and Vorticism on the right, the unpredictable paths of automatic practice and ideology present a means by which to explore both the utopian and dystopian possibilities of technological and cultural innovation. Focusing on the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Butler Yeats, Alan Ramon Clinton argues that, given the wide-reaching influence of automatism, as much can be learned from these writers' means of production as from their finished products. At a time when criticism has grown polarized between political and aesthetic approaches to high modernism, this book provocatively develops its own automatic procedures to explore the works of these writers as fields rich in potential choices, some more spectral than others.
Magic in Merlin's Realm
Author : Francis Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-03
ISBN 10 : 9781009079600
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (9 users)
Download or read book Magic in Merlin's Realm PDF or another Format written by Francis Young and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth was a powerful model for a succession of actual royal magical advisers (including Roger Bacon and John Dee), monarchs nevertheless often lived in fear of hostile sorcery while at other times they even attempted magic themselves. Successive governments were simultaneously fascinated by astrology and alchemy, yet also deeply wary of the possibility of treasonous spellcraft. Whether deployed in warfare, rebellion or propaganda, occult traditions were of central importance to British history and, as the author reveals, these dark arts of magic and politics remain entangled to this day.
Between Occultism and Nazism
Author : Peter Staudenmaier
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2014-04-03
ISBN 10 : 9789004270152
Pages : 420 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (4 users)
Download or read book Between Occultism and Nazism PDF or another Format written by Peter Staudenmaier and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Staudenmaier’s study Between Occultism and Nazism examines the controversial history of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophist movement in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy as a case study in the political significance of esoteric and alternative spiritual groups.
Dark Star Rising
Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2018-05-29
ISBN 10 : 9780525503804
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (525 users)
Download or read book Dark Star Rising PDF or another Format written by Gary Lachman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the concentric circles of Trump's regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers, and mind-magicians whose influence is on the rise. In this unparalleled account, historian Gary Lachman examines the influence of occult and esoteric philosophy on the unexpected rise of the alt-right. Did positive thinking and mental science help put Donald Trump in the White House? And are there any other hidden powers of the mind and thought at work in today's world politics? In Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, historian and cultural critic Gary Lachman takes a close look at the various magical and esoteric ideas that are impacting political events across the globe. From New Thought and Chaos Magick to the far-right esotericism of Julius Evola and the Traditionalists, Lachman follows a trail of mystic clues that involve, among others, Norman Vincent Peale, domineering gurus and demagogues, Ayn Rand, Pepe the Frog, Rene Schwaller de Lubicz, synarchy, the Alt-Right, meme magic, and Vladimir Putin and his postmodern Rasputin. Come take a drop down the rabbit hole of occult politics in the twenty-first century and find out the post-truths and alternative facts surrounding the 45th President of the United States with one of the leading writers on esotericism and its influence on modern culture.
Masters of Deception
Author : Guy Patton
Publisher :
Release Date : 2008-09-12
ISBN 10 : 1931882886
Pages : 280 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (882 users)
Download or read book Masters of Deception PDF or another Format written by Guy Patton and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003, the publication of The Da Vinci Code propelled the enigmatic Priory of Sion to international fame as the guardians of a sacred bloodline. But in truth, the Priory is an elite occult political organization, part of a shadowy world of secret societies which have attempted to influence governments and the fate of nations for centuries. It is an arcane world of symbols, archetypes, ritual and fantasy, where idealism, personal gain, egocentricity and criminality often blur. These Machiavellian groups have resorted to deception, fraud, blackmail and even murder in pursuit of hidden, and frequently sinister, goals. Guy Patton lays their manipulations bare.
Download or read book Al-Kemi PDF or another Format written by André Vandenbroeck and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 1987 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Kemi recounts the story of the eighteen months that Andre VandenBroeck spent in daily contact with the remarkable French philosopher, hermeticist, and Egyptologist, R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887-1961). It provides a passionately felt, personal, and dramatic introduction to the startling world of this contemporary alchemist. Structured like a mystery and distilled in the crucible of memory for fifteen years, Al-Kemi provides a passionately felt, personal, and dramatic introduction to the startling world of this twentieth-century alchemist.
Juju and Statecraft
Author : Comfort Max-Wirth
Publisher :
Release Date : 2016
ISBN 10 : OCLC:964683443
Pages : 218 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (96 users)
Download or read book Juju and Statecraft PDF or another Format written by Comfort Max-Wirth and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion plays an integral role in all aspects of Ghanaian life, including politics. In recent years, many scholars have commented upon the spectacular rise of Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana since the 1970s, noting its particular influence in politics and in shaping the Ghanaian public sphere more generally. Curiously, though less often noted, rumors about "the occult" and occult influence have also flourished during this same period. Despite Pentecostal hostility to the occult and Pentecostal influence in public life, such rumors have become prevalent to the point that they represent a distinctive feature of Ghanaian politics. This thesis addresses the phenomenon of rumors about the occult in contemporary Ghanaian politics. It argues that the flourishing of political-occult rumors and the strength of Pentecostalism are related. Focusing on the period between the late 1970s and present, and drawing on data from fieldwork interviews and newspaper reports, the thesis examines the force of occult rumors in modern Ghanaian politics. It demonstrates some of the ways in which Ghanaian political elites deploy occult rumors for political advantage and some popular attitudes of the Ghanaian electorate to the rumors. The project proposes that the occult, far from being a phenomenon existing on the margins of modern Ghanaian society, is powerful, public and mainstream.
The Modernity of Witchcraft
Author : Peter Geschiere
Publisher :
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : OCLC:1176106375
Pages : 311 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (11 users)
Download or read book The Modernity of Witchcraft PDF or another Format written by Peter Geschiere and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved with the forces of modernity. Geschiere explores why modern techniques and commodities, usually of Western provenance, have become central in rumors of the occult.
Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics
Author : Marco Pasi
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-11
ISBN 10 : 9781317546306
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (317 users)
Download or read book Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics PDF or another Format written by Marco Pasi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) is one of the most famous and significant authors in the history of western esotericism. Crowley has been long ignored by scholars of religion whilst the stories of magical and sexual practice which circulate about him continue to attract popular interest. "Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics" looks at the man behind the myth - by setting him firmly within the politics of his time - and the development of his ideas through his extensive and extraordinarily varied writings. Crowley was a rationalist, sympathetic to the values of the Enlightenment, but also a romantic and a reactionary. His search for an alternative way to express his religious feelings led him to elaborate his own vision of social and political change. Crowley's complex politics led to his involvement with many key individuals, organisations and groups of his day - the secret service of various countries, the German Nazi party, Russian political activists, journalists and politicians of various persuasions, as well as other writers - both in Europe and America. "Aleister Crowley and the Temptation of Politics" presents a life of ideas, an examination of a man shaped by and shaping the politics of his times.
William Dudley Pelley
Author : Scott Beekman
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2005-10-17
ISBN 10 : 0815608195
Pages : 300 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (68 users)
Download or read book William Dudley Pelley PDF or another Format written by Scott Beekman and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Dudley Pelley was one of the most important figures of the anti-Semitic radical right in the twentieth century. Best remembered as the leader of the paramilitary "Silver Shirts," Pelley was also an award-winning short story writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and religious leader. During the Depression Pelley was a notorious presence in American politics; he ran for president on a platform calling for the ghettoization of American Jews and was a defendant in a headlinegrabbing sedition trial thanks to his unwavering support for Nazi Germany. Scott Beekman offers not only a political but also an intellectual and literary biography of Pelley, greatly advancing our understanding of a figure often dismissed as a madman or charlatan. His belief system, composed of anti-Semitism, economic nostrums, racialism, neo-Theosophical channeling, and millenarian Christianity, anticipates the eclecticism of later cult personalities such as Shoko Asahara, leader of Aum Shinrikyo, and the British conspiracy theorist David Icke. By charting the course of Pelley's career, Beekman does an admirable job of placing Pelley within the history of both the anti-Semitic right and American occult movements. This exhaustively researched book is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship on American extremism and esoteric religions.
Download or read book Black Sun PDF or another Format written by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unpredictable Constitution brings together a distinguished group of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and U.S. Court of Appeals Judges, who are some of our most prominent legal scholars, to discuss an array of topics on civil liberties. In thoughtful and incisive essays, the authors draw on decades of experience to examine such wide-ranging issues as how legal error should be handled, the death penalty, reasonable doubt, racism in American and South African courts, women and the constitution, and government benefits. Contributors: Richard S. Arnold, Martha Craig Daughtry, Harry T. Edwards, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Betty B. Fletcher, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Lord Irvine of Lairg, Jon O. Newman, Sandra Day O'Connor, Richard A. Posner, Stephen Reinhardt, and Patricia M. Wald.
OCCULT TECHNOLOGY OF POWER
Author : The Transcriber
Publisher : Underworld Amusements
Release Date : 2016-09-16
ISBN 10 : 1943687048
Pages : 78 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (687 users)
Download or read book OCCULT TECHNOLOGY OF POWER PDF or another Format written by The Transcriber and published by Underworld Amusements. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crucial is to create the impression that, although the people have been exploited in the past, today the wealthy are at the mercy of an all-powerful government which is firmly in the hands of the people or do-gooding liberals." -The Occult Technology of Power This is the programme of the .01 percent! First surfacing in 1974 from underground sources, The Occult Technology of Power is a blueprint distilling the esoteric doctrines and technics of the global elite. These initiatory lessons from a cadre of technocrats is now available with a never before collected appendix of revelatory information. The publisher assumes no responsibility for those who use this book to expose those in control-or to join them. "A little gem of protocol which displays acute perception. A Satanic overview." -Anton Szandor LaVey, Cloven Hoof, Nov./Dec. 1974 "Written as if it were a set of lectures by the central philosophers of a master conspiracy. Their personal viewpoint is rational egoism, but they want to keep the wisdom of this perspective secret-since it is impossible to exploit a person who maintains a self-conscious, self-interested frame of reference... This reviewer is very pleased with the discovery of a text we had at first avoided because of its title. The little book is very much worth its price." -Joe Cobb, Reason Magazine, May, 1976
