A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

THE ESOTERIC AND THE OCCULT IN THE AGE OF REASON

John V. Fleming, The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason (New York & London: Norton, 2013) (From the book jacket: "In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment--generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion--were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the 'darker' pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His engaging topics include the stubborn roles of the Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.").