Sympathetic Attractions: Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Century England

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In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal sympath

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"A strength and virtue of the book is its frequent connections between generally well known thinkers and writers of the period and lesser-known individuals... Well put and well done."--Choice