Universalia, the Society of Czechoslovak Hermeticists: Between Occult Universalism and Nationalism

The article discusses the reception of occultism in Central Europe through a case study of the most sophisticated Czech occult society, Universalia: The Society of Czechoslovak Hermeticist. Established in the Czechoslovak Republic of the 1920s, dissolved by the Nazi regime in 1941, and subsequently...

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Main Author: Horák, Pavel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Aries
Year: 2023, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-83
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Universalia (Corporations) / Czechoslovakia / Occultism / Universalism / Nationalism / History 1890-1942
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
KBK Europe (East)
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Nationalism
B Magic
B Universalism
B Universalia
B Czechoslovakia
B 20th Century
B Nation (university)
B Occultism
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