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Christopher McIntosh - Eliphas Levi and the French Occult Revival online_store It was the first “theme”Eliphas Levi is one of the key figures of occultism and the man of whom Aleister Crowley claimed to be the reincarnation. This is the first full study in English of the life and writings of this colourful man and the occult revival of which he was part. It describes an era rich in bizarre characters and events: rival magicians fighting duels on the astral plane; Victor Hugo writing poetry aided by the spirit of Shakespeare: Leo Taxil, perpetrator of