TY - BOOK AU - Horowitz,Mitch TI - Occult America: the secret history of how mysticism conquered America SN - 9780553806755 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BF1434.U6 H67 2009 U1 - 130 221 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books KW - Occultism KW - United States KW - History KW - Parapsychology N1 - 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 ER -