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The book reveals the considerable struggles undereducated edgar cayce endured before establishing himself as the centerpiece of a holistic hospital in virginia beach, virginia. It also provides colorful biographical sketches of lesser-known figures su... Read More
the history of occultism in america is complete without freemasonry.
The narration is solid and well-paced. Horowitz makes excellent use of a wide range of sources (thoroughly documented and discussed in an appendix, freeing the book from footnotes), and includes a well-composed index.
In go tell the rise of magic in afro-america, horowitz describes the esoteric religious beliefs of black leaders like frederick douglass, marcus garvey, and elijah muhammad. Horwitz discusses the role of the seer andrew jackson davis in the rise and f... Read More
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Mitch horowitz claims to have studied with jay kinney and jacob needleman. Theosophist henry wallace supported stalin's genocides, even when supporting stalin'sgenocides. Only those capable of grasping real doctrines would be able to understand them.
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If youre on the fence just get it you will not be disappointed
This one is well researched and filled with fun facts about united states roots and fascination with the esoteric
I mathison does a better job with the m
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If you find occult in america interesting i would recommend this book to learn more about its history here in the usa
That’s worth more than a casual mention
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occult, new, american, spiritual and religious. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 288 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 15 2022.
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Shows both the negative and positive sides of occultism the wise teachers and the deceptive frauds
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The author is clear and precise in a wide subject area that other authors have butchered
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Because the author names many of the founding figures it will help you and researching individuals in each movement
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But the only way that i can describe what happened next what i received from this book is i had no idea
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More there are hundreds of thousands of people involved
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What mitch has done here is demonstrate plainly that the history of occult is the history of america
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Because it told me things that i had no other way of learning on my own
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Occult america looks at the people and movements that made magic spiritualism selfhelp and secret societies part of american culture
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