The Theatre of the Occult Revival

Alternative Spiritual Performance from 1875 to the Present

• Author(s): E. Lingan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 247
• ISBN_10: 113744861X
  ISBN_13: 9781137448613
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Comparative Religion , Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism , Performing Arts / General , Performing Arts / Theater / General , Art / General , Religion / General ,

Description:... This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.