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Author Horowitz, Mitch.

Title Occult America : the secret history of how mysticism shaped our nation / Mitch Horowitz.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  130 Hor    ---  DUE 07-11-15 Billed
Description 290 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Source NBK 9/9 PPL
Subject Occultism -- United States -- History.
Parapsychology -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780553806755

 
    
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