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MonsterTalk

Magic: Spiritualism and Theosophy, Part II

MonsterTalk

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History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of MonsterTalk, we continue our discussion about Western Esotericism with John L. Crow. In part two, we talk about the origins of Theosophy, the nature of secret and occult societies in this era, and the groundwork that led to the rise of magical orders in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Theosophy figures into the modern Western conception of Tulpas, which we discussed in episode 86, and also Slenderman. Read the episode notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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lurking in the shadows or mysterious humanoids, they capture our imagination as anomalies.

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But context matters. Without context, it's impossible to see the threads that we have ideas together

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inform our culture. We're going to continue our coverage of magic in this

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with John L. Crow about Western esotericism. Back in episode 86 we talked

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about how Theosophy helped foster the myth of Slenderman as a real creature by means of a

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