Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-434) and index.
Contents
1. The Worship of the Generative Powers -- 2. The Cult of the Sun -- 3. The Blasphemers -- 4. The Shoemaker and the Squire -- 5. Magicians and Revolutionaries -- 6. Neophytes and Initiates -- 7. Artists and Astrologers -- 8. Animal Magnetism -- 9. Visions in the Crystal -- 10. Hydesville and After -- 11. From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn -- 12. The Way to Christ -- 13. Rosicrucian Pretenders -- 14. Enter Madame Blavatsky -- 15. Wisdom from the East -- 16. The Hermetic Reaction -- 17. The Parting of East and West -- Appendix A: Letter from Rammohun Roy to Robert Dale Owen -- Appendix B: Letter from Hargrave Jennings to Bulwer-Lytton.