Occult America

An unforgettable journey into esoteric religions and spiritual influences that affect our day-to-day lives: from the fascinating origins of the Ouija board to the source of the mysterious slogan on the back of the dollar bill.

Occult America is the first full-scale history of the occult and magical movement in America—a part of our common past that has never been fully appreciated but whose influence is all around us. The occult in America not only placed horoscopes into every daily newspaper but also remade a young nation into the launching pad for the revolutions in alternative spirituality that swept the globe. The men and women who populated the American occult, from the nation’s birth to the dawn of new-age spirituality, are among the most fascinating, curious, and least-understood innovators in religious history.