Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions: Essays in Comparative Religion

by Mircea Eliade

Book Overview

In the period domoninated by the triumphs of scientific rationalism, how do we account for the extraordinary success of such occult movements as astrology or the revival of witchcraft? From his perspective as a historian of religions, the eminent scholar Mircea Eliade shows that such popular trends develop from archaic roots and periodically resurface in certain myths, symbols, and rituals. In six lucid essays collected for this volume, Eliade reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226203913
• ISBN13: 9780226203911
• Release Date: March 1978
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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I am writing on a paper on satanism in Norway(therefore badly written english). This essyes from good old Mirca, is a good phenomenological point of wiew. I think he sets things into context, but for my case it is a bit old. If you want a general introduction from the phenomenlogical school in the occult tradiction you migth as well staert with this book.