02553nam a22004335i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001200153072001700165072002300182072001600205100007800221245012700299250001800426264007900444300003200523336002600555337002600581338003600607347002400643505020500667520087400872650002701746650002801773650002201801650002201823650003601845650002401881710003401905773002601939776003601965776003602001776003602037856004602073978-3-031-67882-0DE-He21320251030113306.0cr nn 008mamaa241110s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316788207 a10.1007/978-3-031-67882-02doi 4aCB3-481 7aHBTB2bicssc 7aHIS0540002bisacsh 7aNHTB2thema1 aPunter, Michael.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut14aThe Mysterious and the Occult from Newton to the Victoriansh[electronic resource] :bStrange Powers /cby Michael Punter.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aX, 143 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aIntroduction -- 2.Gravity -- 3.Animal Magnetism -- 4.Hypnosis -- 5. Electricity -- 6. Telepathy -- 7. Telekinesis -- 8. Ghosts -- 9. The Ether of Space -- 10. Afterlife  -- 11.Epilogue: New Mysteries.  aThis book examines the search for ‘occult’ or hidden forces in the two centuries after Newton’s theory of gravity. It investigates how history has simplified the work of some of the key figures of the age, presenting them as ‘legitimate’ and removing their more complex motivations. This book is a scholarly but readable exploration of forces we rely upon (electricity) and ones we have abandoned (vital fluid, animal magnetism). Ranging across literature, drama, philosophy and science, it demonstrates how hopes, fears and anxieties around occult phenomena have been expressed over time. Michael Punter is Global Director of Theatre Education for CEA CAPA International. He holds a PhD from Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He is also the author of several published and produced plays on supernatural themes, including Darker Shores: A Ghost Story. 0aCivilizationxHistory. 0aGreat BritainxHistory. 0aSciencexHistory.14aCultural History.24aHistory of Britain and Ireland.24aHistory of Science.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303167881308iPrinted edition:z978303167883708iPrinted edition:z978303167884440uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67882-0