Medicine, Mysticism and Mythology: Garth Wilkinson, Swedenborg and Nineteenth-Century Esoteric Culture...

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Malcolm Peet Dr. Robert Rix

Medicine, Mysticism and Mythology

Garth Wilkinson, Swedenborg and Nineteenth-Century Esoteric Culture

Malcolm Peet, Dr. Robert Rix

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The Swedenborg Society
01 August 2019

Biography: general; Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches; Spiritualism; Homoeopathy

Malcolm Peet’s Medicine, Mysticism and Mythology: Garth Wilkinson, Swedenborg and Nineteenth-Century Esoteric Culture explores the life and cultural milieu of the nineteenth-century Swedenborgian James John Garth Wilkinson (1812-99), whose largely forgotten influence touched a diverse range of intellectual fields and social reform movements. In the early chapters, Peet offers a brief biographical sketch of Wilkinson and a concise history of Swedenborg’s reception in England, touching on the involvement of such figures as John Clowes, Robert Hindmarsh, Manoah Sibly, Ebenezer Sibly, and Charles Augustus Tulk.

Subsequent chapters go on to explore Wilkinson’s early role in publishing the poetry of William Blake; his dealings with Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson; his lifelong friendship with Henry James, Sr; his association with Daniel Dunglas Home, Thomas Lake Harris, and Andrew Jackson Davis; his homeopathic practice and its influence on James Tyler Kent; and his engagement with such causes as utopian socialism, environmentalism, women’s suffrage, antivivisectionism, and the deregulation of medicine. The book concludes with a broader study of Wilkinson’s interest in mythology, psychology, and Christian spiritualism.

By: Malcolm Peet
Foreword by: Dr. Robert Rix
Imprint: The Swedenborg Society
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 188mm,
ISBN: 9780854482054
ISBN 10: 0854482059
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 August 2019
Recommended Age: From 0 to 99 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Malcolm Peet is a retired consultant psychiatrist and was honorary professor in the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield until 2017. Internationally recognized for his research on the relationship between nutrition and mental well-being, Malcolm also holds a master’s degree in Western Esotericism. Since his retirement from clinical practice, Malcolm’s intellectual focus has been on spirituality, particularly that of Emanuel Swedenborg and his followers.