Occult America : the secret history of how mysticism conquered America /
Horowitz, Mitch.
Occult America : the secret history of how mysticism conquered America / Mitch Horowitz. - New York : Bantam Books, 2009. - 290 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: What is the occult? (and what is it doing in America?) -- The psychic highway -- Mystic Americans -- Don't try this at home : Ouija and the selling of spiritualism -- The science of right thinking -- The mail-order prophet -- Go tell pharaoh : the rise of magic in Afro-America -- The return of the "secret teachings" -- New deal of the ages : politics and the occult -- The masters among us -- Secrets for sale -- "The greatest mystic who ever lived in America" -- Epilogue: Aquarius rising : the new age dawns.
9780553806755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009009864
Occultism--History.--United States
Parapsychology--History.--United States
BF1434.U6 / H67 2009
130
Occult America : the secret history of how mysticism conquered America / Mitch Horowitz. - New York : Bantam Books, 2009. - 290 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: What is the occult? (and what is it doing in America?) -- The psychic highway -- Mystic Americans -- Don't try this at home : Ouija and the selling of spiritualism -- The science of right thinking -- The mail-order prophet -- Go tell pharaoh : the rise of magic in Afro-America -- The return of the "secret teachings" -- New deal of the ages : politics and the occult -- The masters among us -- Secrets for sale -- "The greatest mystic who ever lived in America" -- Epilogue: Aquarius rising : the new age dawns.
9780553806755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009009864
Occultism--History.--United States
Parapsychology--History.--United States
BF1434.U6 / H67 2009
130