Germany's painful entry into the modern age elicited many conflicting emotions. Excitement and anxiety about the -disenchantment of the world- predominated, as Germans realized that the triumph of science and reason had made the nation materially powerful while impoverishing it spiritually. Eager to enchant their world anew, many Germans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries responded by turning to a variety of paranormal beliefs and practices--including Theosophy, astrology, psychical research, graphology, dowsing, and spirit healing. No mere fringe phenomenon, the German...
Germany's painful entry into the modern age elicited many conflicting emotions. Excitement and anxiety about the -disenchantment of the world- pred...