P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Auteur de Chronicle of the Popes
A propos de l'auteur
P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is a lecturer in History at the University of St. Andrews and the author of The Occult in Medieval Europe, Witchcraft in Europe and the New World, 1400-1800, The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy and Witchcraft: a History. He has also edited and translated the Malleus afficher plus Maleficarum of Heinrich Institoris and Investigations into Magic by Martin Del Rio. afficher moins
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The Canonbury Papers, Volume 4, Seeking the Light : Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions (2007) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
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- Nom canonique
- Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.
- Sexe
- male
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- Œuvres
- 21
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 598
- Popularité
- #42,016
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 54
- Langues
- 8
My biggest critique is that, though Maxwell-Stuart dedicates a chapter each to Ancient China, to India, and to the Islamic world, he doesn’t trace those alchemic traditions through to the present day, the way he does with the West. I find it hard to believe that there aren’t still people in Asia interested in transmutation or natural healing or the spiritual sides of alchemy, or that Maxwell-Stuart couldn’t find documents or testimony related to that, given how keen he is to trace Western alchemy into the early parts of the twentieth century. Instead, he just kind of sets the stage for the next tradition and moves on.
Overall, though, Maxwell-Stuart’s done a good job of tracing the history and presenting the evidence for historical continuity, and of explaining the beliefs and jargon the best anyone can. I learned a lot, it gave me a new lens to view early modern secret societies, early chemistry, and Edwardian spiritualism, and I think reading this helped me plug a plot hole to boot. It’s definitely a good book but not one I’m likely to recommend to many people, because the subjct’s kind of niche.
Warnings: Nope.
8/10… (plus d'informations)