Mitch Horowitz is the editor in chief of Tarcher/Penguin. He has written for "Esopus, ""Parabola, Fortean Times, "and "Science of Mind." A well-known voice for occult and esoteric ideas, Horowitz lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
"What a fascinating book. So it happens that another equally
compelling take on our complicated national narrative lies just
beneath the surface of things; not the grand procession of
presidents, generals, and wars, but something more hidden, more
mysterious, but often no less revealing."--Ken Burns
"Invisible and mysterious forces have shaped and guided the destiny
of individuals and nations throughout history. From Moses to
Gandhi, Jesus to Muhammad, Lincoln to Obama, hidden dimensions, in
both our personal and collective consciousness, were conceiving,
constructing, and shaping the course of civilization. In his
precise and often detailed history of mysticism in America, Mitch
Horowitz, has, in a way, tracked the evolution of our consciousness
over 300 years." --Deepak Chopra
"A sparkling, down-to-earth and often deeply touching account of a
powerful, much misunderstood force in the formation of America's
cultural and spiritual identity." --Jacob Needleman, author of "The
American Soul" and "The New Religions.""
"Occult America is a truly remarkable achievement. Exhaustively
researched, it takes the reader from the early concepts of the
supernatural, personified by Mother Ann Lee, Joseph Smith, and
Madame Blavatsky, through such modern-day figures as Henry A.
Wallace and Norman Vincent Peale. It opens the eyes of the
relatively uninitiated, in which I include myself, to the effect
the occult has had, is having, and will have on the American
experience." --John S.D. Eisenhower, author of "The Bitter Woods:
The Battle of the Bulge and So Far From God: The U.S. War with
Mexico, 1846-1848"
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""Religious people tend to be afraid of the word occult. Horowitz
examines this aspect of life and religion in penetrating ways...and
revealing its not unsubstantial influence on mainline Christianity.
Truth seekers have always come from the edges. Religion itself
should be glad they do." --John Shelby Spong, author of "Jesus for
the Non-Religious"
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