Occult America: the secret history of how mysticism shaped our nation
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New York
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Bantam Books
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Mitch Horowitz
CONTENTS NOTE
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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