Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon.
Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon.
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
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N299.934/ 18
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English
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xix, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Undomesticated Occult -- 2. The Mahatmas in Clubland: Manliness and Scientific Spirituality -- 3. "A Deficiency of the Male Element": Gendering Spiritual Experience -- 4. "Buggery and Humbuggery": Sex, Magic, and Occult Authority -- 5. Occult Body Politics -- 6. The Divine Hermaphrodite and t...
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
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Maryland
Date Published
c2001.
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"Divine Feminine is the first full-length study of the relationship between alternative or esoteric spirituality and the feminist movement in England. Historian Joy Dixon examines the Theosophical Society's claims that women and the East were the repositories of spiritual forces which English men had forfeited in their scramble for material and imp...
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Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon.
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The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 119th ser., 1.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.
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c2001.
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N299.934/ 18
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0801864992 (alk. paper)
9780801864995 (alk. paper)
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299.9340820941
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991014047679702626
