{"product_id":"the-occult-underground-james-webb-9780812690736","title":"The Occult Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust when it seemed that Science and Reason had scored their greatest triumphs, the mid-nineteenth century witnessed an astonishing rebirth of occultism and anit-rationalism: the beginnings of the movement we now call New Age. A secret tradition of knowledge rejected by the Christian or Scientific establishments suddenly became emboldened to seek publicity and converts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Webb's painstaking research carry him into the undergrowth inhabited by such illuminated personages as Madame Blavatsky, the Reverend Leadbeater, the Bortherhood of Luxor, Annie Besant, Krishnamurti, Swami Vivekananda, Spiritualists, Rosicrucians, Vegetarians, Mithraic cults, and all manner of occult propagandists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"fascinating detail . . . particularly good in tracing the obscure and subterranean spiritual affiliations through which these pilgrims of eternity were bound together . . . as relevant to our own time as it is to the nineteenth century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Goronwy Rees, ENCOUNTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Webb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812690737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812690736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.04w x 1.11d","brand":"James Webb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988284539135,"sku":"9780812690736","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c12a85f2-8afc-4443-b614-e8efd969c912.jpg?v=1683293664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-occult-underground-james-webb-9780812690736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}