Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science - Softcover

Ivey, Paul Eli

 
9780816680511: Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0816680515 ISBN 13: 9780816680511
Verlag: University of Minnesota Press, 2013

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In May 1904, the residents of Halcyon-a small utopian community on California’s central coast-invited their neighbors to attend the grand opening of the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium. As part of the entertainment, guests were encouraged to have their hands X-rayed. For the founders and members of Halcyon, the X-ray was a demonstration of mysterious spiritual forces made practical to human beings.


Radiance from Halcyon is the story not only of the community but also of its uniquely inventive members’ contributions to religion and science. The new synthesis of religion and science attempted by Theosophy laid the foundation for advances produced by the children of the founding members, including microwave technology and atomic spectral analysis. Paul Eli Ivey’s narrative starts in the 1890s in Syracuse, New York, with the rising of the Temple of the People, a splinter group of the theosophical movement. After developing its ideals for an agricultural and artisanal community, the Temple purchased land in California and in 1903 began to live its dream there.


In addition to an intriguing account of how a little-known utopian religious community profoundly influenced modern science, Ivey offers a wide-ranging cultural history, encompassing Theosophy, novel healing modalities, esoteric architecture, Native American concepts of community, socialist utopias, and innovative modern music.


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Paul Eli Ivey is associate professor of art history at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Prayers in Stone: Christian Science Architecture in the United States, 1894–1930.

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Verlag
University of Minnesota Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0816680515
ISBN 13 
9780816680511
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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