Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your mother or your father and people would go into these trance states and… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Fawn Brodie observed that Westerners traditionally “demanded personality rather than diplomas from the men who called them to God.” Metaphysical teachers journeying from the… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
There are some people in occult history who warned against using the Ouija Board, who said: "This is a dangerous door to the unconscious.… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
“One of the ironies of twenty-first-century politics is how the nationalistic, anti-immigration activists of the Tea Party often extol Reagan as their hero. However… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
“the data emerging from the quantum physics field suggests some vital, not-yet-understood verity about how the mind interplays with the surrounding world.” — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs. — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
