RU224: MITCH HOROWITZ ON MODERN OCCULTISM, UNCERTAIN PLACES & STRANGE NEW WORLDS

Rendering Unconscious episode 224. Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. Mitch illuminates outsider history, explains its relevance to contemporary life, and reveals the longstanding quest to bring empowerment and agency to the human condition. Mitch’s reporting has called attention to the worldwide crisis of violence against accused witches. He is widely credited with returning the term “New Age” to respectable use and is among the few occult writers whose work touches the bases of academic scholarship, national journalism, and subculture cred. Mitch is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea; The Miracle Club; Daydream Believer; Uncertain Places; and the forthcoming Modern Occultism. https://www.mitchhorowitz.com Follow Mitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchHorowitz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchhorowitz23/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MitchHorowitz/posts Join us Sunday January 15th at 2PM EST via Morbid Anatomy Museum online for Uncertain Places and Strange New Worlds: A Live, Online Talk with Occult Scholar Mitch Horowitz, Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, and Carl Abrahamsson: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/uncertain-places-and-strange-new-worlds-a-live-online-talk-with-occult-scholar-mitch-horowitz-dr-vanessa-sinclair-and-carl-abrahamson Join Mitch for a 4 week online course Parapsychology: History, Findings, and Challenges via The Theosophical Society in North America. https://www.theosophical.org/program/webinars/5454-parapsychology-history-findings-and-challenges This episode available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/_hfKencxAlY You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst who lives in Sweden and works with people internationally: www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23 Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is "Perverse, Neurotic, Profound" by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy from the album of "The Sexual is Provocative" available from Highbrow Lowlife: https://vanessasinclairpetemurphy.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Mitch Horowitz