The Occult in German Modernity: From Periphery to Center h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=10757 1945: The End of WWII - Slave religion: Civil Rights Act of 1964 A Science for the Soul: Occultism and the Genesis of the German Modern Throughout, A Science for the Soul examines German occultism in its broadest cultural setting as a key aspect of German modernism, offering new insights into how Germans met the challenge of pursuing meaningful lives in the modern age. Germanys painful entry into the modern age elicited many conflicting emotions. Excitement and anxiety about the disenchantment of the world predominated, as Germans realized that the triumph of science and reason had made the nation materially powerful while impoverishing it spiritually. Eager to enchant their world anew, many Germans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries responded by turning to a variety of paranormal beliefs and practices—including Theosophy, astrology, psychical research, graphology, dowsing, and spirit healing. No mere fringe phenomenon, the German occult movement had a truly national presence, encompassing hundreds of clubs, businesses, institutes, and publishers providing and consuming occult goods and services.
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