Occult America: White House Séances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0553385151
- ISBN-13
- 9780553385151
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Author
- Mitch Horowitz
Description
Traces America's relationship with occult movements and thinkers, covering such topics as Freemasonry, Spiritualism, and transcendentalism movements; the origins of the Ouija board; and the practices of famous historical figures.
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- 2009-09-08
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- 2009
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