Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1-The Laboratory in the Salon Spiritualism Comes to Russia 21
6. 2-0ccult Science and the Russian Public 48
7. 3-The Occult Metropolis Putting the Hidden to Practical Use 79
8. 4-Servants, Priests, and Haunted Houses 111
9. 5-Popular Occultism and the Orthodox Church 140
10. 6-The Occult at Court Mariia Puare and the Fate of Occultism during the Great War 163
11. Conclusion 189
12. Notes 195
13. Selected Bibliography 249
14. Index 269