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Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film
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Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film Hardcover - 2008

by Carrol L. Fry


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This book explores the adaptations by filmmakers of existing occult religions as framing devices for their work. Chapters on the New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism first introduce the occult path that is the subject, and then demonstrate how specific films have adapted the belief system of that path for film plots. A final chapter briefly discusses three less-traveled occult paths in film. While Cinema of the Occult focuses on adaptation of the occult religions that are its topic, it also discusses the cultural implications of these films, both as flash points in the national discourse on religion and as springboards for social criticism. Thus it offers both useful background on the occult religions that are its topic and perceptive commentary on their adaptations in film. Carrol L. Fry is an independent scholar.

Details

  • Title Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film
  • Author Carrol L. Fry
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 301
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lehigh University Press
  • Date 2008-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780934223959 / 0934223955
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Occultism in motion pictures
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008012894
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436