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Occult

 Sub-Series — Box: 517

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Material culture and pamphlets that document the Liturgical Movement and changes in religious life in the American Catholic Church from the early twentieth century through the implementation of the Second Vatican Council's reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection contains artifacts of many kinds, including badges, bookmarks, candles, chalices, chaplets, crosses, crucifixes, holy water containers, jewelry, key rings, medals, money clips, monstrances, pins, plaques, relics, rosaries, scapulars, sick call sets, statues, vestments, and altar textiles.

Dates

  • Creation: undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1926 - 1968

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

This collection is mostly in English, with some materials in French, German, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, and Spanish.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Full Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 container)

Digitized

Digitized at the Internet Archive (BC20150130_LitandLife_NazismOccultNuns) 7 titles:

Begone Satan! : a soul stirring account of diabolical possession / [written in German by Carl Vogl ; translated by Celestine Kapsner]. The Rosicrucians : mysticism by mail order / by William J. Whalen. Prayers to expel the evil spirits. Spiritualism and psychical research / by L. Rumble. The facts and fallacies of modern spiritism / by J. Godfrey Raupert. Begone Satan! : a soul-stirring account of diabolical possession / [written in German by Carl Vogl and translated by Celestine Kapsner]. The Rosicrucians / by L. Rumble.

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

Contact:
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
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