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Urban, Hugh B
Magia Sexualis, 10/2006Book Chapter
This chapter looks at the first known example of a truly sophisticated and well-documented system of sexual magic, the work of Paschal Beverly Randolph, providing a brief background on Randolph and considering his works in the context of nineteenth-century debates surrounding sex, women, and marriage. It suggests that Randolph was a reflection of the sexual attitudes of his time, and relates how his teachings were transmitted throughout England and Europe through a variety of esoteric orders, giving birth to a wide range of sexual magic in movements such as the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and their offshoots.
