Mitch Horowitz on Occult America
Mitch Horowitz, a longtime publisher and editor, is the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation, on which he’ll be speaking here in Los Angeles in early October. He chatted with Zócalo about what “occult” means, how it became tied to progressive political movements, and why, when it comes to religion, California has a lot in common with upstate New York.
Q. What was the inspiration behind the book?
A. I started to notice that people who were associated with the American occult seemed to have …
