ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 turns to consider Lethaby's legacy, with a focus on the role of the occult in the subsequent transmission of his ideas. This serves a range of purposes. First, it establishes Lethaby's significance in the broader history of architectural thought and practice, by delineating his influence on figures of undisputed importance in the development of modernist architecture. Second, by demonstrating the importance of occult ideas to these subsequent figures, it bolsters the argument for the importance of these ideas to Lethaby himself. Finally, it contributes to the demonstration of the significance of occult thinking to modernist aesthetics. Chapter 7 considers Lethaby's influence on contemporaries: Mary Setton Watts, Patrick Geddes, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Robert Weir Schultz, Charles Harrison Townsend and Henry Wilson.
