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Author Response: “The Occult and the Making of American Religion”
by Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation (Bantam hardcover 2009, Bantam trade paperback October 2010). Discussions about the occult tend to stir passions, which is natural … Continue reading
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Why God Did Not Create the Universe
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, authors of The Grand Design (Bantam, 2010) According to Viking mythology, eclipses occur when two wolves, Skoll and Hati, catch the sun or moon. At the onset of an eclipse people would make lots of … Continue reading
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The Occult and the Making of American Religion
by Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation (Bantam hardcover 2009, Bantam trade paperback October 2010). In 1970, philosopher Jacob Needleman opened a new discussion about religion … Continue reading
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Why You’re Wrong About the Crusades
by Lars Brownworth, author of Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization (Crown, 2009). There are few words as controversial—or as misunderstood—as ‘crusade’. Those who doubt that need only remember nine years ago when President George … Continue reading
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