of occultism in political irrationalism, Webb rescued the study of Nazi occultism for the history of ideas." His major works The Occult Underground and The Occult Establishment were translated into German and published in 2009 and 2008 respectively. Trinity College established the "James Webb Prize for the History of Ideas" in his memory. Selected works Flight from Reason (1971) MacDonald & Co., London 2nd ed.: The Occult Underground (1974) Open Court Publishing. The Occult Establishment: The Dawn of the New Age and The Occult Establishment (1976) Open Court Publishing. The Harmonious Circle: The Lives and Work of G. I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, and Their Followers (1980) Putnam Publishing. Das Zeitalter des Irrationalen: Politik, Kultur und Okkultismus im 20. Jahrhundert – German translation of The Occult Establishment (2008) Marix Verlag. Further reading John Robert Colombo, Colin Wilson, Joyce Collin-Smith: The Occult Webb: An Appreciation of the life and Work of James Webb, (1999) Colombo & Company. References External links Gary Lachman, The Damned: the strange death of James Webb, Fortean Times, September 2001. 1946 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Scottish historians Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British historians of religion People educated at Harrow School Researchers of new religious movements and cults Suicides by firearm in Scotland Suicides in Scotland Western esotericism scholars 1980 suicides