RT Book
T1 Magia sexualis: sex, magic, and liberation in modern Western esotericism
A2 Urban, Hugh B. 1968-
LA English
PP Berkeley, Calif
PB University of California Press
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1655610228
AB Sexuality and the occult arts have long been associated in the western imagination, but it was not until the nineteenth century that a large and sophisticated body of literature on sexual magic-the use of sex as a source of magical power-emerged. This book, the first history of western sexual magic as a modern spiritual tradition, places these practices in the context of the larger discourse surrounding sexuality in American and European society over the last 150 years to discover how sexual magic was transformed from a terrifying medieval nightmare of heresy and social subversion into a moder
OP 336
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-329) and index. - Description based on print version record
CN BF1623.S4
SN 978-0-520-93288-3
SN 0-520-93288-9
K1 Sex : Miscellanea : History : Western countries
K1 Magic : History : Western countries
K1 Liberty : Miscellanea : History
K1 Sex : Western countries : Miscellanea : History
K1 Magic : Western countries : History
K1 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Magick Studies
K1 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Witchcraft & Wicca
K1 RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
K1 Magic
K1 Sex
K1 History
K1 Western countries
K1 Electronic books