TY - BOOK AU - Burton,Dan AU - Grandy,David TI - Magic, mystery, and science: the occult in Western civilization SN - 0253216567 (alk. paper) AV - BF1411 .B885 2004 U1 - 133/.09 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Occultism KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-376) and index; Egyptians and the occult -- Magic and miracles -- Numerology, the Cabala, and alchemy -- Astrology : the starry heavens above -- Ancient evil -- Satan, demons, and jinn -- Witches and witch-hunts in the West -- Spirits, science, and pseudo-science in the nineteenth century -- New Age preludes : up the garden path? -- ESP and psi phenomena -- Nazism and ancestral German memories -- UFOs and alien abductions -- Gnosticism, old and new -- NDEs, New Age, and new physics ER -