Occult
Scope and Contents
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
- From the Collection: Leonard, William J. (1908-2000) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
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
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
617-552-4861
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