TY - BOOK AU - Asprem,Egil TI - The problem of disenchantment: scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939 T2 - Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, SN - 9789004254947 AV - BF1999 U1 - 001.9 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - Brill KW - Religion KW - Science KW - Occultism KW - Sciences KW - Occultisme KW - religion (discipline) KW - aat KW - sciences (philosophy) KW - occultism KW - occult sciences KW - REFERENCE KW - Questions & Answers KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Limits of Reason; Part 1 From Process to Problem; 1 From Process to Problem; 2 Science as Worldview; Part 2 New Natural Theologies; 3 Brave New World: An Introduction to Part Two; 4 Physical Science in a Modern Mode; 5 The Meaning of Life: Mechanism and Purpose in the Sciences of Life and Mind; 6 Five Schools of Natural Theology: Reconciling Science and Religion; Part 3 Laboratories of Enchantment; 7 Against Agnosticism: Psychical Research and the Naturalisation of the Supernatural; 8 Laboratories of Enchantment: Parapsychology in Search of a Paradigm9 Professionals Out of the Ordinary: How Parapsychology Became a University Discipline; Part 4 Esoteric Epistemologies; 10 Esoteric Epistemologies; 11 The Problems of a Gnostic Science: The Case of Theosophy's Occult Chemistry; 12 Perceiving Higher Worlds: Two Perspectives; Conclusion: Implications for the Study of Science, Religion, and Esotericism; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subject N2 - The Problem of Disenchantment offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual history of science, religion, and "the occult" in the early 20th century UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=815470 ER -