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Libra Esoterica

The Occult Imagination in Britain, 1875–1947

by Caroline Tully

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English
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"Egyptosophy" refers to "the study of an imaginary Egypt viewed as the profound source of all esoteric lore" and reflects the idea – prevalent since antiquity – that the ancient Egyptians were a race of mysterious sages. The academic discipline of Egyptology split from Egyptosophy in 1822 with Jean-Francois Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. By identifying Mutemmenu as an "Egyptian Adept" equivalent to a Golden Dawn initiate of high degree, Florence Farr foregrounded the role of the priestess in modern Hermetic magic. Where Farr's encounter with Mutemmenu does echo the wider corpus of mummy fiction is in its occurrence in the British Museum, as museums are often the setting for mummy reanimation. Warwick Gould suggests that Farr may have either associated the last syllable of Nenkheftka's name with the idea of the ka, or else thought she had been the wife of Nenkheftka in a previous incarnation.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

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

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    • “occult”· in title
    • “esoteric”· in description
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    • “occult”· in edition title
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description.

    • “Magic”· in description
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the description.

    • “hermetic”· in description
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Retained metadata contains “golden dawn” in the description.

    • “golden dawn”· in description

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2017-12-15—English—Open access (green)

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