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Magia sexualis : sex, magic, and liberation in modern Western esotericism / Hugh B. Urban.
LIBRA BF1623.S4 U73 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Urban, Hugh B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex--Western countries--Miscellanea--History.
- Sex.
- Liberty.
- Miscellanea.
- History.
- Magic.
- Western countries.
- Magic--Western countries--History.
- Liberty--Miscellanea--History.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- Introduction : sex magic, modernity, and the search for liberation
- The recurring nightmare, the elusive secret : historical and imaginary roots of sex magic in the Western tradition
- Sex power is God power : Paschal Beverly Randolph and the birth of sex magic in Victorian America
- The yoga of sex : Tantra, Kama sutra, and other exotic imports from the mysterious Orient
- The beast with two backs : Aleister Crowley and sex magick in late Victorian England
- The yoga of power : sex magic, Tantra, and fascism in twentieth-century Europe
- The Goddess and the great rite : sex magic and feminism in the neo-pagan revival
- The age of Satan : satanic sex and the Black Mass, from fantasy to reality
- Sexual chaos : chaos magic, cybersex, and religion for a postmodern age
- Conclusion : the lessons of King Lamus : religion, sexuality, and liberation in a "post-orgy" world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520247760
- OCLC:
- 65407292
- Publisher Number:
- 9780520247765
- Online:
- Publisher description
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