Erica Lagalisse , Anarcoccultismo, 2020

Throughout history, a red thread has always linked occult circles to political movements: from Freemasonry to international labour movements, from alchemists to esoteric cults, the history of countervailing power has always shown the shadowy areas invisible to the gaze of ordinary pragmatism. Not surprisingly, symbolism plays a central role in defining the geography and balance of competing forces. In Anarcho-Cultism, Erica Lagalisse analyses how the political theories, symbols and history of anarchism and socialism are also rooted in occultism, passing through witch hunts (holders of an empirical medical science), Renaissance magicians and revolutionary freemasons. Steering clear of implausible conspiracy theories and making use of a meticulous bibliography, Anarcho-occultism shows how the dark paths of heresy in every age are crossed with the fight against inequality, patriarchal oppression and the coercion of power.