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Occult America

"Fascinating"—Ken Burns, "Extraordinary"—Deepak Chopra

CONTENTS:

  • LEARN MORE ABOUT MITCH
  • VIDEOS:
    • Mind as Builder: Mitch at A.R.E.
    • New Series! ORIGINS: SUPERSTITIONS
    • The Strange History of Ouija
    • Occult New York, Parts I and II
    • One Simple Idea: A Short History of Positive Thinking
    • Mitch on Big Think
    • Halloween Lecture at the New York Public Library
    • Speaking on Occult America at the Edgar Cayce Center
  • ARTICLES:
    • “Getting Real on The Illuminati,” Salon
    • “In Defense of Norman Vincent Peale,” Religion News Service
    • “The Persecution of Witches, 21st-Century Style,” New York Times
    • “How Oral Roberts Changed Religion,” Politico
    • “Reagan and the Occult,” Washington Post
    • “A Nation That Accentuates the Positive,” Wall Street Journal
    • “Masons and the Making of America,” U.S. News & World Report
    • “The Ten Best Self-Help Books You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of,” Time.com
    • “When Does a Religion Become a Cult?,” Wall Street Journal
    • “Sunday Dialogue: The Rise of Incivility,” New York Times
    • “When Spirituality Kills,” Wall Street Journal
    • “5 Simple Steps to a Better Year,” Time.com
    • “How Jefferson’s Secret Bible Might Have Changed History,” CNN.com
    • “Once More Awaiting ‘The End’: The Real Anxieties Behind Our Fascination with Apocalysm,” BoingBoing
    • “Why Rod Serling Still Matters,” Huffington Post
    • “How to Take a Massive Leap Forward in Your Writing Through One Simple Exercise,” Huffington Post
    • “The Secret Wisdom of an Ersatz Guru,” Wall Street Journal
    • “10 Positive Thinking Books that Might Change Your Life,” Huffington Post
    • “Halloween as a Religious Holiday? You Better Believe It, Soldier,” Big Think
    • “Spellbound: The History of Ouija,” Esopus
    • “How the Occult Brought Cremation to America,” Huffington Post
    • “The Secret Teachings Reborn: The Mysterious Life of Manly P. Hall,” New Dawn
    • “Mitch Horowitz Talks the Occult and NYC’s Mystic History,” Gothamist
  • OTHER WRITINGS:
    • Searching for Neville Goddard
    • Mail-Order Prophet
    • Bringing the ‘Secret Teachings’ Into the 21st Century
    • The Inscrutable Manly P. Hall
    • The Occult Isn’t Just a Batty Idea…
    • Understanding the Occult (Interview)
    • Unlocking the Mysteries of Sedna
    • Barry’s Way
    • Bono and the Art of Getting Results
    • From the Socks Up
    • A Dream of Her Own
    • The Evidence of Things Not Seen
    • Ambassador of the Miraculous

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“When Does a Religion Become a Cult?,” Wall Street Journal

published:  February 25, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703529004576160363526909654

Follow Mitch on Twitter @MitchHorowitz and on Facebook at Mitch Horowitz

Email Mitch at: mitch.horowitz@us.penguingroup.com

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