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[tree_and_leaf]

An article, which might be of interest to some readers, on the links between Anglo-Catholicism, Theosophy, and the Occult.

Comments

[oursin]

Fascinating!

[tree_and_leaf]

Glad you enjoyed! I knew bits of it - such as Charles Williams' interests in the subject (well, they're hard to miss!), and some of it underlines that however lurid her plots, Susan Howatch did know a lot about mid century Anglicanism - but a lot of the rest of it was new to me.

[coughingbear]

I kept thinking 'Susan Howatch!' as I read it. Very interesting.

[tree_and_leaf]

The stuff about exorcisms was very Howatch, wasn't it? I bet she'd read "Exorcising Devils."

[coughingbear]

I think she must have done! The suggestion of a psychic world where some people can operate is so exactly what she describes. I was trying to remember some of the books she quotes from as chapter headings in the various books, and thinking surely one of them was the Exeter report too.

[ewt]

Interesting, and not entirely surprising.

I have a Pet Theory about this but not enough energy/time to articulate it now.

[tree_and_leaf]

Yeah, it's not entirely surprising, but most of it was new to me. If you ever have time/ energy, I'd love to hear the pet theory.

[sartorias]

Oh that was quite interesting. Thanks for linking it.

[tree_and_leaf]

Glad you enjoyed!

[cadenzamuse]

Haha, this is of personal interest to me and my, uh, collection of tarot decks...

I have found this to be really true: "Anglo-Catholicism and occultism both had a sense of ritual...and a sacramental world-view."

[tree_and_leaf]

Yeah, there's definitely overlap there!

[shewhostaples]

I should have read that before finishing my Yuletide story. (And I have no excuse, because I follow the CT Twitter feed.) Although perhaps it's as well that I didn't, because it would have sent me off doing more Research, and things were tight enough without that.

(Not Starbridge.)

[tree_and_leaf]

I look forward to trying to spot it!

[quinfirefrorefiddle]

Love of ritual will often lead to seeking out more ritual. But you have to wonder, would having the name Cosmo tend to make you think that cursing things might be something you could do effectively? If you name your kid after the universe, what are you asking to get?

[tree_and_leaf]

Cosmo, bizarrely, was born and raised Presbyterian. I have no idea what his parents were thinking!