Liber XXII · Occultism
Chapter XI
Occultism & Science
7 min readKarl von Reichenbach and the Odic Force: Od, Sensitives, AuraThe chemist Karl von Reichenbach (1788–1869) and his odic force: experiments with sensitives, the Od controversy, and its legacy in occult ideas of the aura.8 min readOccultism and Science: Rivals, Allies and Rejected KnowledgeOccultism and science from Newton's alchemy to ether physics, the fourth dimension, occult chemistry and quantum mysticism, and how the boundaries were drawn.