1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462900503321

Autore

Ivey Paul Eli

Titolo

Radiance from Halcyon [[electronic resource] ] : A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minnesota, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4529-3953-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

201.65

299.934

299/.934

Soggetti

Theosophy -- California -- Halcyon

Theosophy

Theosophy - Halcyon - California

Religion

Humanities

Religion and Science

Religious Philosophies

Philosophy & Religion

Islam

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Organizing Theosophy in the United States; Chapter 2: The Emergence of the Temple Movement in Syracuse; Chapter 3: The Esoteric Temple of Humanity: Temple Theosophy and Occult Science; Chapter 4: Building Kinship: The Iroquois League and the Exoteric Work of the Temple; Chapter 5: Early Halcyon: The Temple Sets Its Foundations in the Golden West; Chapter 6: The Temple Home Association: A Cooperative Commonwealth; Chapter 7: An Architecture of Spiritual Forces: The Blue Star Memorial Temple

Chapter 8: Forces of Nature and the Electric Panacea: Healing at the Halcyon SanatoriumChapter 9: Dune Spirit, Harmony, and Dissonance:



Music and Art at Halcyon; Chapter 10: The Avatar Arrives: Spiritual Fulfillment and Scientific Advancement; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In May 1904, the residents of Halcyon-a small utopian community on California's central coast-invited their neighbors to attend the grand opening of the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium. As part of the entertainment, guests were encouraged to have their hands X-rayed. For the founders and members of Halcyon, the X-ray was a demonstration of mysterious spiritual forces made practical to human beings. Radiance from Halcyon is the story not only of the community but also of its uniquely inventive members' contributions to religion and science. The new synthesis of religi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777506603321

Autore

Chisholm Dianne <1953->

Titolo

Queer constellations [[electronic resource] ] : subcultural space in the wake of the city / / Dianne Chisholm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8166-9628-4

Descrizione fisica

xix, 353 p

Disciplina

809/.8920664

Soggetti

Gay people's writings - History and criticism

Homosexuality in literature

Cities and towns in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sodom and Gomorrah in the era of late capitalism; or, a return to Walter Benjamin -- Love at last sight; or, the dialectics of seeing in the wake of the gay bathhouse -- The city of collective memory -- Queer passages in gai Paris; or, flâneries through the paradoxes of history -- The lesbian Boheme -- Conclusion: millennial metropolis: blasting a queer era out of homogeneous history.