Department - Author 1
History Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BA in History
Date
6-2014
Primary Advisor
Lewis Call
Abstract/Summary
"Merging the Principles of Occultism and Anarchism" is an attempt to pinpoint the correlations between occult and/or esoteric belief systems and political anarchist philosophy. The paper analyzes the works, belief systems and philosophies of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Aleister Crowley and extracts the underlying anarchist principles that are embedded within them. This established connection to anarchism through occultism is reinforced by referencing various anarchist works, particularly the works of William Godwin.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/histsp/31
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