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Libra Esoterica

Subtle Energies in Therapy, Spirituality, Arts, and Politics : 1800–Present

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English
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This is the first academic volume on the theme of subtle energies. Its contributions demonstrate how the areas of occultism, energy healing, yoga, entheogenic spirituality (shamanism), eco-spirituality, and eugenics are historically interrelated through a shared discourse on subtle energies.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Asian esoteric and internal traditions, Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis, Occultism and esotericism, Psychic healing, auras, and subtle energy, Shamanism and spirit practice, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from doab and oapen matched “occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the description, “esoteric” in the subject metadata, “occult” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “occultism”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “occultism”· via OAPEN Library
    • “Occultism”· in description
    • “esoteric”· in subject
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from doab and oapen matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Anthroposophy” in the subject metadata, “New Thought” in the subject metadata, and “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Theosophy”· via OAPEN Library
    • “Anthroposophy”· in subject
    • “New Thought”· in subject
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Psychic healing, auras, and subtle energy

    Controlled discovery queries from oapen matched “psychic healing”. Retained metadata contains “Kundalini” in the subject metadata.

    • “psychic healing”· via OAPEN Library
    • “Kundalini”· in subject
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from doab matched “shamanism”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the description and “Shamanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “shamanism”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Shamanism”· in description
    • “Shamanism”· in subject
  • Asian esoteric and internal traditions

    Controlled discovery queries from oapen matched “Taoist esotericism”. Retained metadata contains “tantra” in the subject metadata.

    • “Taoist esotericism”· via OAPEN Library
    • “tantra”· in subject
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Controlled discovery queries from doab matched “mesmerism”. Retained metadata contains “Animal magnetism” in the subject metadata and “Mesmerism” in the subject metadata.

    • “mesmerism”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Animal magnetism”· in subject
    • “Mesmerism”· in subject

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2025BrillEnglish—Open access

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Identifiers

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DOAB
  • 20.500.12854/170084
OAPEN
  • 20.500.12657/109044

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