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The Occult Tradition Reviewed

The Occult Tradition ReviewedPosted by Spiros Antonopoulos on January 3, 2006 - 6:43pm.

In today’s online edition of The Independent, Gary Lachman expertly deflates The Occult Tradition, a new book released in the UK by Tel Aviv University historian David S Katz. As Lachman combs through his contentions, he invokes a small but wonderful list of prominent occultists from the last 150 years (including Rudolf Steiner, Aleister Crowley, GI Gurdjieff, C G Jung, Henri Bergson, William James, Isaac Newton, Daniel Dunglas Home, Eliphas Levi, and Madame Blavatsky). In doing so, he paves the way for a smart, level-headed critical engagement with the material. From the review at The Independent



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