America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that began to sweep through Europe in the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. And when people got here, very often they succeeded.
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows. - Mitch Horowitz
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.
- Mitch Horowitz
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent. - Mitch Horowitz
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent.
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives. - Mitch Horowitz
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.
People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas. - Mitch Horowitz
People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas.
I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs. - Mitch Horowitz
I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs.
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your… - Mitch Horowitz
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your…
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs. - Mitch Horowitz
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas. - Mitch Horowitz
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas.
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu… - Mitch Horowitz
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu…
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