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008			090309s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009009864
020			_a9780553806755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aBF1434.U6 _bH67 2009
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100	1		_aHorowitz, Mitch.
245	1	0	_aOccult America : _bthe secret history of how mysticism conquered America / _cMitch Horowitz.
260			_aNew York : _bBantam Books, _c2009.
300			_a290 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
650		0	_aOccultism _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aParapsychology _zUnited States _xHistory.
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