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Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age

Hardback Book  |  Religion & Beliefs  |  01 Jul 2025
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Exploring death, religion, science and social crisis, a startling history of the occult between the world wars, when Spiritualism was truly an international obsession.

The interwar period was a golden age of the uncanny. Clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind-readers, miracle-workers and jinn-summoners--all assured the masses that, just like the newly discovered invisible forces of electricity, radiation and magnetism, unseen spiritual powers commanded a realm of hidden human potential. This was a transnational movement of eccentrics, gurus and prophets, with East and West interacting in unexpected ways.

Drawing on untapped sources in Arabic as well as European records, Raphael Cormack follows two of the most unusual and charismatic figures of this age: Tahra Bey, who took 1920s Paris by storm as an 'Oriental' missionary; and Dr Dahesh, who harnessed Western science to create a pan-religious faith in Lebanon. Travelling between Cairo, New York and Jerusalem, Paris, Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, the two mystics reflected the desires and anxieties of a troubled age. These forgotten holy men, who embodied the allure of the unexplained at a time of dramatic change, speak to our own unstable world today.

'Raphael Cormack is a brilliant archival sleuth and a riveting storyteller.' Anna Della Subin, author of Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

'Rarely is cultural history presented with such mesmerizing legerdemain.' Nile Green, author of Empire's Son, Empire's Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah

Title: Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age

Format: Hardback Book

Release Date: 01 Jul 2025

Type: Raphael Cormack

Sku: 3296739

Catalogue No: 9781805262749

Category: Religion & Beliefs


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