Occult in Nineteenth-Century America by Cathy Gutierrez
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Overview: This collection offers critical insight into how the occult affected the range of experience in nineteenth-century America, whether deployed by believers or decried by detractors. Cultural manifestations such as magic shows, secret societies, sexual utopias, and American letters are examined at their intersection with the occult to see how the secret and the hidden shaped both high and low strata of daily life. The fascination with the occult, occurring simultaneously with rapid developments in technologies of communication, reflects a society searching for new frontiers of experience. From the holy to the humbug, this work explores America’s links with Europe’s esoteric past as well as innovations and new religious expressions that touched the lives of Americans ranging from the literary great to folk culture. The interplay and exchange between science and religion foreshadows our own epoch and serves as a timely example of both the creative and destructive aspects of cultural conflict.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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