Talk:Occult science

Bunch of Theories

Capital T is not a misspelling! Statements in the article are dubious. Occult science is just a word, not the concept. Article is completely unnecessary, it contains original research or original idea. --Gdje je nestala duša svijeta (talk) 16:29, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

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Class: Stub, broad information, lacks specific characterization of concepts for casual reader. No Cites, unsourced, and leaning toward an essay or WP:OR Import: In current format the article is specialized within Occult studies. --Trippz (talk) 19:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Last edited at 19:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 01:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Adding RS

@Layzner: @Rhododendrites: @Midnightblueowl: I am trying to collect some of the WP:RS that was described in the WP:AfD and add it to the article, if appropriate. I haven't figured out the best way to add it. I am open to suggestions. (If it is redirected the same issue will come up).

Essays/Articles:

• Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2013). "The Notion of "Occult Sciences" in the Wake of the Enlightenment". Retrieved 6 March 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) (added)
• Olcott, Henry Steel, "Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science" [1]
• Grafton, Anthony Secrets of Nature
• Newman, William R. [2]
• Steiner, Rudolf [3]
• Steiner, Rudolf [4]
• Wilson, Leigh, Modernism and Magic, Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2012 [5]
• Scientific American: [6], [7]
• Possibly useful: [8]

Already in the article, but mostly without in-line references:

• Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (2006). Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Leiden: Brill. p. 716. ISBN 9789004152311.
• Edward Tylor, his 1871, "Primitive Culture" [9]
• H.P. Blavatsky, "Occult or Exact Science?" The Theosophist, April–May 1886
• H.P. Blavatsky, "Occultism versus the Occult Arts", Lucifer, May 1888
• Rudolf Steiner, Occult Science

Writers:

• Historians
  • Wouter Hanegraaff
  • Henry Steel Olcott
  • William R. Newman
  • Anthony Grafton

• Anthropology
  • Edward Burnett Tylor

• Cultural Studies
  • Leigh Wilson

• Theosophy:
  • Rudolf Steiner
  • Helena Blavatsky

Related Subjects:

• Occult#Science_and_the_occult
• Western esotericism
• Onmyōdō
• Theosophy

--David Tornheim (talk) 20:31, 6 March 2017 (UTC)