Author: Hugh B. UrbanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520247760
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"This book offers a fascinating account of the development of Western sexual magic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urban focuses on an extraordinary set of historical figures, and his rich analysis illuminates the sexual—and supernatural—undercurrents that have shaped modernity."—Randall Styers, author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World