Joscelyn Godwin is a Professor at Colgate University. His previous works include Arktos; Robert Fludd; Athanasius Kircher; Mystery Religions in the Ancient World; Harmonies of Heaven and Earth; The Mystery of the Seven Vowels; and L'Ésotérisme musical en France.

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Worship of the Generative Powers
2. The Cult of the Sun
3. The Blasphemers
4. The Shoemaker and the Squire
5. Magicians and Revolutionaries
6. Neophytes and Initiates
7. Artists and Astrologers
8. Animal Magnetism
9. Visions in the Crystal
10. Hydesville and After
11. From the Orphic Circle to the Golden Dawn
12. The Way to Christ
13. Rosicrucian Pretenders
14. Enter Madame Blavatsky
15. Wisdom from the East
16. The Hermetic Reaction
17. The Parting of East and West
Appendix A Letter from Rammohun Roy to Robert Dale Owen
Appendix B Letter from Hargrave Jennings to Bulwer-Lytton
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index