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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Colin Wilson&amp;#8217;s classic work is an essential guide to the mind-expanding experiences and discoveries of the occult in the 20th century. He produces a wonderfully skillful synthesis of the available material&amp;#8212;one that sees the occult in the light of reason and reason in the light of the mystical and paranormal. The result is a wide-ranging survey of the subject that provides a comprehensive history of magic, an insightful exploration of our latent powers, and a journey of enlightenment.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&amp;#8220;I am very impressed by this book, not only by its erudition but&amp;#8230;above all for the good-natured, unaffected charm of the author whose reasoning is never too far-fetched, who is never carried away by preposterous theories.&amp;#8221;&amp;#8212;&lt;i&gt;Sunday Times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I READ AN EARLIER EDITION OF THIS BOOK 2003 ISBN 1 84293 080 X. AFTER READING SOME MATERIAL FROM THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY I FELT THIS BOOK WOULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON MATTERS OF THE OCCULT,SUPERNATURAL AND PARANORMAL. I MUST ADMIT THAT I HAVE MY RESERVATION BUT I SENSED THAT THE REASONING WAS NEVER TOO...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42493723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This quote from the introduction should illuminate why I am currently thinking of this as a companion to Julian Jaynes: &quot;Primitive man believed the world as full of unseen forces...The Age Of Reason said these forces had only ever existed in man's imagination..&quot;<br/><br/>He then goes on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2345196">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>A very good encyclopedia for all things occult.  A must have for any occult library.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wilson builds a marvelous history -- and then ruins it with an idiotic final section.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Provides review of a the occult phenomena.  Covers a wide range of ideas.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Occult:  a History by Colin Wilson (1971)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not at all well-researched but very entertaining.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>As a Christian, I was so afraid to even touch a book like this. But I knew who Colin Wilson was and enjoyed his intriguing style. I read the Occult and could not put it down. It is a really excellent book and it shows you what the human psyche is capable of, which brings to mind books of Tony ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22996256">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not one of Wilson's better books.  Given the topic, it should be hard to miss and, indeed, the text contains many juicy anecdotes and outrageous tales.  What is lacking is a thesis or a canon of judgment whereby what is to be taken seriously, in the author's opinion, is distinguished from wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21609438">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything you could want to know about the Occult.  Impress you friends and neighbors with anecdotes about Rosicrucianism,  Alexander Sanders, The Golden Dawn, Dion Fortune, on and on.  Wilson covers thousands of years of black magic and shares his own ideas on why man searched, found, and lost suc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22504446">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Faculty X righty-ho! I love this book. It's a wide-randing survey of the western occult tradition and a suitably cranky contribution to that tradition in its own right. Great stuff, clearly written in that style just manages to sit a step or two above mediocre, take with lots of pinches of salt. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A delightful look at the history of the occult and the charlatans who've been claiming themselves magicians ever since the age of Paracelsus. Big, but worth it if for nothing else, as an introduction to Gurdjieff, and a perfect synopsis of the life of Aleister Cowley.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this before I knew better. While the writing is good and the subject matter is entertaining, I discovered later that the book contains several factual errors and what seems to be deliberate misinformation. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not at all what I imagined going into it.  This book is not a survey of the occult, but rather focuses on a few key figures and why they were able to come to such prominence.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Exhaustive survey of...the Occult.  Covers Madame Blavatsky, Gurdjieff, Aleister Crowley, and various lesser table knockers.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Occult 101. Takes you through all the black magicians and alchemists, including Gurdjieff, Crowley, Blavatsky, and The Golden Dawn. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very entertaining history of the occult throughout history, though some of its &quot;history&quot; must be taken with a grain of salt.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[pretty good encyclopedia of occult til the last part on women ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic. And definitely the hideous 70s edition.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a good reference book, if not a little daunting.]]></body>
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