Download or read book Magia Sexualis written by Hugh B. Urban and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-10-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a fascinating account of the development of Western sexual magic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urban focuses on an extraordinary set of historical figures, and his rich analysis illuminates the sexual—and supernatural—undercurrents that have shaped modernity."—Randall Styers, author of Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World