Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Body Mind & Spirit

<p><strong>One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. </strong>They had a charm for him early in life and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterized his pursuit of other studies. He became absorbed in wizard lore; he equipped himself with magical implements -- with rods for transmitting influence and crystal balls in which to discern coming scenes and persons; and communed with spiritualists and mediums. The fruit of these mystic studies is seen in _Zanoni_ and A strange Story romances which were a labor of love to the author and into which he threw all the power he possessed -- power re-enforced by multifarious reading and an instinctive appreciation of Oriental thought.</p><p>A story of love and occult aspiration.</p>