Yvonne et al,
Am glad that you mentioned the Alex Owen book which I think is excellent. All of Owen's stuff is well worth a read and all really well written. She did work on women and spiritualism before 'A place of enchantment' and also a couple more focused articles on Crowley (there might be one in 'Esoterica, but that could be faulty memory syndrome). When I read the latter I was also reading Jane Bennett's 'The Enchantment of Modernity' which is less accessible than Owen's text but complementary (though she actually seeks sources of enchantment which are not explicity linked to the spiritual).
Dave
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Yvonne Aburrow
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] W. B. Yeats
Hi Alan
"A Place of Enchantment" is mainly about the Golden Dawn and Theosophy,
circa 1880-1920 but I haven't finished it yet. Alchemy gets a mention
because some of the GD people were interested in it, but it doesn't exactly
have a starring role.
I haven't actually read "A Vision", as I enjoy Yeat's poetry but couldn't
get into "A Vision" when I started reading it once. I found this website
about it though: <http://www.yeatsvision.com/>
cheers
Yvonne
--On 16 August 2006 13:56 +0100 Alan Pritchard <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi,
>
> Do either of these books have any references to alchemy?
>
>
> Best wishes
> Alan Pritchard MPhil FCLIP MBCS
>
> ALCHEMY: a bibliography of English-language writings
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> On 8/16/06, Yvonne Aburrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Caroline
>
> This book, by Alex Owen, is also very interesting:
>
> The Place of Enchantment : British Occultism and the Culture of the
> Modern
> (ISBN: 0226642011) - University Of Chicago Press, 2004
>
> Available on AbeBooks:
> <http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?&isbn=0226642011&nsa=
> 1>
>
> It has a lot of information about Yeats, Florence Farr, Annie
> Horniman, etc. and it is very well written.
>
> I would also have said Yeats' own work, "A Vision" was indispensable
> for those interested in his magic.
>
> --On 16 August 2006 19:47 -0700 Caroline Tully < [log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> Speaking of W. B. Yeats, have you read "Women of the Golden Dawn:
>> Rebels and Priestesses" by Mary K. Greer. (Park Street Press. 1995)?
>>
>> It's mainly about the woman of the Golden Dawn, but has lots about
>> the men, including Yeats - I thought it was really interesting, much
>> better than I expected it to be.
>>
>> ~Caroline.
>
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