The Strange Powers Punter, Michael. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access X, 143 p. online resource. This 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. Introduction -- 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. by Michael Punter. Civilization History Great Britain History Science History Cultural History History of Britain and Ireland History of Science CB3-481 9783031678820 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67882-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67882-0 241110 20251030113306.0 978-3-031-67882-0