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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454845103321

Autore

Dixon Joy <1962->

Titolo

Divine feminine [[electronic resource] ] : theosophy and feminism in England / / Joy Dixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8018-7530-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; ; 119th ser., 1

Disciplina

299/.934/0820941

Soggetti

Feminism - Religious aspects - Theosophical Society (Great Britain) - History of doctrines

Feminism - England - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- PART ONE: DOMESTICATING THE OCCULT -- 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 -- PART TWO: POLITICAL ALCHEMIES -- 5. Occult Body Politics -- 6. The Divine Hermaphrodite and the Female Messiah: Feminism and Spirituality in the 1890's -- 7. A New Age for Women: Suffrage and the Sacred -- 8. Ancient Wisdom, Modern Motherhood -- Conclusion