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Indlæser... Occult America (The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped our Nation) (original 2009; udgave 2009)af Mitch Horowitz
Work InformationOccult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation af Mitch Horowitz (2009)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Fascinating account of all the mystics and spiritual seekers dealing in the occult in American history from Theosophy to the New Agers. ( ) This was quite interesting. It is what the title says -- a look at occult movements thoughout America's history. It's curious how most of European occultism was focused on secrecy, whereas the bulk of American mysticism has been about getting the word to John Q. Public so he too can be enlightened. Kind of neat. There are lots of interesting little tidbits in this. For example, I knew a little about the Theosophical Society of the mid-1800s, but I didn't know that its founders helped save native languages and cultures in India and Sri Lanka when those areas were being invaded by Western missionaries. The book is full of ripple effects like these. Did you know spiritual movements in America led to citizens' current obsessions with being obsessed with getting wealthy? Great stuff. I definitely recommend this. It's a scholarly work that doesn't take sides -- it's not an ode to the occult, but it's not against it either. It's academic, but written in an easy and readable style. Great fun. I didn't know, like, anything about occult stuff so this was perfect. The burnt over district? Manly P. Hall? the Great I AM kerfuffle? Hoodoo? Well, at least I've heard of Ouija boards and Christian Science. I have to come across something like, at least three separate times in order to really remember it so I can't tell you anything that I have learned from this book because I don't really remember. What I liked about this book was it's lack of woowoo. It was... skeptical but respectful? ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
From the meaning of the symbols on the one-dollar bill to the origins of the Ouija board,"Occult America" briskly sweeps from the nation's earliest days of mystical and esoteric movements to the birth of the New Age era, tracing the many people and episodes that continue to exert such a powerful pull on the public today. No library descriptions found. |
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