Focusing particularly on literary texts, but including biographical and intellectual background, this study examines numinous feeling as it is recorded by a num

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This engagingly written new work highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and culture of the Enlightenment. Moving b

Spirituality and the Occult argues against the widely held view that occult spiritualities are marginal to Western culture. Showing that the esoteric tradition