The Occult Nineteenth Century

<p>1. Introductory Remarks.- 2. Carl August von Eschenmayer and the Somnambulic Soul.- 3. Priest-doctors and Magnetisers: Mesmerism, Romantic Medicine, and Catholic Thought in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century.- 4. Animal Magnetism and Its Psychological Implications in Hungary.- 5. From Fluidum to Prāṇa: Reading Mesmerism through Orientalist Lenses.- 6. Total Recall: The “Panoramic Life Review” near Death as Proof of the Soul’s Timeless Self-Presence in Western Esotericism of the Nineteenth Century.- 7. Stages in the Development of an Occult Linguistics.- 8. The Art of Esoteric Posthumousness.- 9. Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie and Sexual Regeneration.- 10. The Theosophical Maitreya: On Benjamin Creme’s Millenarianism.- 11. Martial Arts Spirituality in Sweden: The Occult Connection.- 12. A Study into a Transreligious Quest for the Ultimate Truth: Indian, Muslim, and European Interpretations of the Upanishads.- 13. Occult’s First Foot Soldier in Bengal: Peary Chand Mittra and the Early Theosophical Movement.- 14. Re-Imagining an Ancient Greek Philosopher: The Pythagorean Musings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho).- 15. African and Amerindian Spirits: A Note on the Influence of Nineteenth Century Spiritism and Spiritualism on Afro- and African-American Religions.- 16. Sri Sabhapati Swami: The Forgotten Yogi of Western Esotericism.- 17. Tracing Vivekananda’s Prāṇa and Ākāśa: The Yogavāsiṣṭha and Rama Prasad’s Occult Science of Breath.- 18. Guru and Messiah: On the First Yoga Handbook in Polish Language: Wincenty Lutosławski’sThe Development of the Power of Will by Means of Psychophysical Exercises (1909).<br></p>