The Occult Revival – History Seminar

In this exciting lecture/seminar, Dr Sasha Chaitow examines the unprecedented public resurgence of occultism at the end of the 19th century, taking in the fin-de-siècle French Occult Revival, the Order of the Golden Dawn,  Madame Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley and their groups. The occult revival was largely due to the aftermath of the French Revolution and its secularism. It was framed by the crumbling of European empires, during which ominous forces were gathering which would ultimately lead to the outbreak of the First World War. The occult revival occasioned a flowering of the arts not seen since the Renaissance, and its ideas filtered through 20th century culture – seen in modernist art and literature, as well as in elements of science and medicine.

How it works: Before the seminar date (25 February), you will listen to Dr Sasha Chaitow's pre-recorded lecture and read through some source texts, both of which will…