“TRY”: The Occult Legacy of P.B. Randolph
<p>Bythe mid-to-late nineteenth century, modern occultism drew upon ideals, imagery, and drama of antiquity — remade in light of humanity’s hopes, wishes, and strivings in the Industrial Era.</p>
<p>Seen from one perspective, mechanistic forces appeared to rule the world. Darwin’s theories on the orderly biologic development of life were published in 1859.</p>
<p>But to a cohort of rebels, seekers, romantics, occultists, and esotericists, there existed a substory. To them, the individual was an unruly being possessed of self-determining qualities. One of the great figures on the modern scene to explore this view was American ceremonial magician Pascal Beverly Randolph (1825–1875).</p>
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