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Israel Regardie (1907–1985), occult writer, magician, pupil of Aleister Crowley [47] C. F. Russell (1897–1987), American occultist and founder of the magical order G.B.G. [48] Alex Sanders (1926–1988), founder of Alexandrian Wicca; Phyllis Seckler (1917–2004), American occultist and writer, and a lineage holder in the A∴A∴ tradition ...
Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation is a 2009 book by Mitch Horowitz published by Bantam Books.The book is focused on the role that new religious movements play in the history of the United States; Horowitz argues that these movements, often marginalized or ignored by mainstream culture, played a substantial role in shaping American society.
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The New Believers: A Survey of Sects, 'Cults', and Alternative Religions, is a book by David V. Barrett covering the origin, history, beliefs, practices and controversies of more than sixty new religious movements, including The Family International (previously known as the Children of God), International Church of Christ, Osho (Rajneesh), Satanism, New Kadampa Tradition, Wicca, Druidry, chaos ...
Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History is a 2000 nonfiction book by historian of religion Philip Jenkins. It was published by Oxford University Press . [ 1 ] The book argues that the anti-cult movement in America starting in the 1970s extends farther back in American history to at least the seventeenth century.
According to the cultural critic Garry Wills in his 2007 book Head and Heart: American Christianities, our nation has long been defined by two philosophical perspectives that reach their fullest ...
Martin examines a large number of new religious movements; included are major groups such as Christian Science, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Armstrongism, Theosophy, the BaháΚΌí Faith, Unitarian Universalism, and Scientology, as well as minor groups such as Swedenborgianism and Rosicrucianism, plus various New Age and groups based on Eastern religions.
John D. Rockefeller is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time, earning his immense fortune after gaining control of 90 percent of American oil production in the late 1800s. The oil ...