Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult by Cormack, Raphael

Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult

The interwar period was a golden age for the occult. Spiritualists, clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind readers, and...
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Author: Raphael Cormack
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Language: English
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Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult by Cormack, Raphael

Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult

$29.99

Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult

$29.99
Author: Raphael Cormack
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The interwar period was a golden age for the occult. Spiritualists, clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind readers, and Jinn summoners all set out to assure the masses that just as newly discovered invisible forces of electricity and magnetism determined the world of science, unseen powers commanded an unknown realm of human potential

Drawing on untapped sources in Arabic in addition to European ones, Raphael Cormack follows two of the most unusual and charismatic figures of this age: Tahra Bey, who took 1920s Paris by storm in the role of a missionary from the mystical East; and Dr. Dahesh, who transformed Western science to create a panreligious faith of his own in Lebanon. Traveling between Paris, New York, and Beirut while guiding esoteric apprenticeships among miracle-working mystics in Egypt and Istanbul, these men reflected the desires and anxieties of a troubled age. As Cormack demonstrates, these forgotten holy men, who embodied the allure of the unexplained in a world of dramatic change, intuitively speak to our unsettling world today



Author: Raphael Cormack
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/11/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393881103


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2025
Booklist 03/01/2025 pg. 21
Publishers Weekly 03/17/2025

About the Author
Cormack, Raphael: - Raphael Cormack is an award-winning editor, translator, and writer. The author of Midnight in Cairo, Cormack is assistant professor of modern languages and cultures at Durham University in the United Kingdom.

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