Occult Communications: On Instrumentation, Esotericism, and Epistemology

Abstract

Viewed from the perspective of the occult, formerly straight and narrow conduits of reason may even begin to resemble irregular relays composed of irregular twists and turns. This essay offers a brief overview of key literature on spiritualism and the occult, some larger reflections on the place of the occult within studies of science and communications, and brief summaries of the essays contained in this volume.

Keywords

• Cultural History
• History of Religion
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• Intellectual History
• Other Film and Media Studies
• media history
• cultural theory
• spiritualism
• occultism
• magic
• cultural history