Solomon's Secret Arts
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The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment
Paul Monod
Price: $50.00
‘In this fully-researched and lively book, Paul Monod gives a brisk survey of what he calls “occult thinking” from the mid- seventeenth century to the period of the French Revolution, reaching a climax with lengthy accounts of some extraordinary figures who flourished in the years around 1800.’ – Michael Hunter, author of Boyle: Between God and Science
“[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
“[A] well-researched and wide-ranging study in intellectual history . . . that materially contributes to the growing acknowledgement that modernity and magic can – indeed, often do – go hand in hand.”—William Whyte, Church Times
“A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815.”—Library Journal
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
24 b/w illus.