Mitch returns to PRS for the launch of his epic new work of history, Modern Occultism-celebrating its release with this special lecture and book signing.
Mitch discusses how occult philosophy and its pioneers have dramatically altered modern life and forged a thread of outsider and esoteric insight, practice, and thought throughout Western culture.
He explores how our conceptions of the occult were born in late-ancient Hermeticism and permeated the growth of modernity. Mitch considers figures from Cleopatra and John Dee to Eliphas Lévi and P.B. Randolph to Madame H.P. Blavatsky and Manly P. Hall, and beyond.
Mitch also explores how occultism today is converging with UFO studies and perceptual mechanics, fostering a radically new outlook on human existence.
Mitch Horowitz is one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. Mitch is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America, The Miracle Club, Uncertain Places, Daydream Believer, and the newly published Modern Occultism. His books are translated into French, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. His work is censored in China.
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