{"product_id":"holy-men-of-the-electromagnetic-age","title":"Holy Men Of The Electromagnetic Age By Cormack, Raphael","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExploring death, religion, science and social crisis, a startling history of the occult between the world wars, when Spiritualism was truly an international obsession.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interwar period was a golden age of the uncanny. Clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind-readers, miracle-workers and jinn-summoners--all assured the masses that, just like the newly discovered invisible forces of electricity, radiation and magnetism, unseen spiritual powers commanded a realm of hidden human potential. This was a transnational movement of eccentrics, gurus and prophets, with East and West interacting in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on untapped sources in Arabic as well as European records, Raphael Cormack follows two of the most unusual and charismatic figures of this age: Tahra Bey, who took 1920s Paris by storm as an ''Oriental'' missionary; and Dr Dahesh, who harnessed Western science to create a pan-religious faith in Lebanon. Travelling between Cairo, New York and Jerusalem, Paris, Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro, the two mystics reflected the desires and anxieties of a troubled age. These forgotten holy men, who embodied the allure of the unexplained at a time of dramatic change, speak to our own unstable world today.T\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57582038843774,"sku":"NW9781805262749","price":21.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781805262749.jpg?v=1783338702","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/holy-men-of-the-electromagnetic-age","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}