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Mitch Horowitz
Horowitz speaking in Kansas City, Missouri in 2019
BornNovember 23, 1965 (1965-11-23) (age 58)
Occupation(s)Writer and editor
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Mitch Horowitz (born November 23, 1965) is an American writer in occult and esoteric themes. He is the former editor-in-chief of TarcherPerigee.[1]

A frequent writer and speaker on religion and metaphysics in print and on television, radio and the web, Horowitz has appeared on The History Channel, The Montel Williams Show, Coast to Coast AM, and American Radio Journal. [citation needed]

Works and scholarship

Horowitz is the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation (Bantam, 2009/ 2010). The book received the 2010 PEN Oakland/ Josephine Miles Award.[2]

Horowitz's writing has appeared in Parabola,[3] Esopus,[4] Fortean Times,[5] and with the Religion News Service.[citation needed]

Horowitz is on the faculty of the urban holistic learning center, the New York City Open Center,[6] for its annual Esoteric Quest.[7] He has presented lectures at the Open Center entitled The Psychic Highway: New York’s 'Burned-Over District' and the Growth of Alternative Spirituality in America[8] and Made in America: The Hidden History of ‘Positive Thinking’.[9]

At Tarcher/Penguin, Horowitz has published titles in world religion, esoterica, and the metaphysical,[10] as well as works in philosophy, social thought and politics, including Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by director David Lynch,[11] 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck and Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. He has published a number of works by religious scholar[1] Jacob Needleman, including The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders and the forthcoming What is God?[12]

Personal life

Horowitz has two sons and lives in New York City.[13]

Bibliography

  • The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality (2018)
  • Mind as Builder: The Positive-Mind Metaphysics of Edgar Cayce (2017)
  • One Simple Idea: How the Lessons of Positive Thinking Can Transform Your Life (2014)
  • Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation (2009)

References

  1. ^ a b People - 9/25/2006 - Publishers Weekly
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2012-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ VOL.32:4
  4. ^ ESOPUS MAGAZINE ::: Archive Archived 2011-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ David Lynch | Profiles | Features | Fortean Times UK Archived 2009-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ New York Open Center
  7. ^ An Esoteric Quest for Inner America
  8. ^ New York Open Center The Psychic Highway Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ New York Open Center Made in America: The Hidden History of ‘Positive Thinking’[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ The Secret draws on long spiritual tradition - USATODAY.com
  11. ^ http://www.davidlynch.com Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Official David Lynch Website
  12. ^ http://www.jacobneedleman.com Official Jacob Needleman Website
  13. ^ Mitch Horowitz - Authors - Random House