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- Title
CYNICAL MYSTICISM: THE ROLE OF FAIRIES IN LATE-VICTORIAN ESOTERICISM.
- Authors
Pazdziora, J. Patrick
- Abstract
Throughout the esoteric literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, there is a frequent confluence of ritual magic and occultism with belief in the fairies at the bottom of the garden. At first glance, such a pairing may seem peculiar, even somewhat ridiculous; on closer inspection, this affinity seems to rise from cynicism about the modern world. Examining works by Arthur Conan Doyle, W.B. Yeats, and the surprising influence of George MacDonald on A.E. Waite, this article discusses how a profound cynicism may underlie the apparent desire to believe in fairies.
- Subjects
MYSTICISM; FAIRIES; ESOTERICISM; LITERATURE; CYNICISM in literature; RELIGION
- Publication
Literature & Theology, 2017, Vol 31, Issue 3, p285
- ISSN
0269-1205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/litthe/frw021