{"product_id":"occult-forces-l-h-anderson-1896","title":"Occult Forces — L. H. Anderson (1896)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Chicago in 1896, \u003cem\u003eOccult Forces\u003c\/em\u003e by Professor L. H. Anderson is a remarkable late-Victorian manual of divination, fortune-telling, and practical occult instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work moves through methods including card reading, palmistry, tea-leaf reading, charms, and other means of interpreting hidden influences and future events. Its combination of practical instruction, popular supernatural lore, and period occult philosophy captures the flourishing mail-order metaphysical culture of fin-de-siècle Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnderson was also a prominent teacher of personal magnetism, hypnotism, mental influence, and physical culture. \u003cem\u003eOccult Forces\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to that larger body of work: an attempt to catalogue the unseen powers believed to operate behind character, attraction, destiny, and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Holographic Pagan Press edition restores the original’s extraordinary pictorial cover and presents the period text as a substantial handmade large-format volume. Each physical copy is printed, assembled, and finished by hand on muted olive-green card stock with a black cloth tape-bound spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a newly prepared Holographic Pagan Press edition and not an original antique copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOccult Forces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Professor L. H. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1896\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Occult Publishing Co., Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 107 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormats:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handmade physical book or digital PDF\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5\" × 11\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Muted olive-green card stock with black printing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black cloth tape-bound spine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Odd Enough Books \/ Holographic Pagan Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition design:\u003c\/strong\u003e C.K. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newly produced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text reflects the occult theories, fortune-telling practices, and social assumptions of the late nineteenth century and is presented as a historical document of that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holographic Pagan Press","offers":[{"title":"Physical Book","offer_id":52638273831194,"sku":"HPP-OCCULT-FORCES-1896-PHYS","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":52638273863962,"sku":"HPP-OCCULT-FORCES-1896-PDF","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/9048\/7322\/files\/occult-forces-l-h-anderson-hpp-product-photo.png?v=1785979801","url":"https:\/\/oddenoughbooks.com\/products\/occult-forces-l-h-anderson-1896","provider":"Odd Enough Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}