ABSTRACT
Lisle Dalton brings us into the more recent past with an examination of religions (found initially in the United States) that, before the 20th century, relied on (or heavily integrated) what today we might call “outer space” elements into their belief systems. Dalton brings us into deeper theologies of space inflected by European esoteric and hermetic traditions, while also illuminating ways in which utopian social experiments such as Fourierism and the legacy of Emanuel Swedenborg fostered the contemplation of new worlds.
