And just so, Occult America deepens our enlightenment because it teaches us to deal with the paradoxes that are embedded in 300 years of a movement that has profoundly influenced our modern culture – teaching us to readily handle concepts such as meditation, intuition, karma, and higher states of consciousness. Occultism (keeping in mind that this term really means “that which is hidden”) has been infused with both the best and the worst of the human condition. Most of us sense that these and similar concepts are valuable to the revitalization of the American culture; and it is crucial for us to know where we collectively have come from with these ideas so that we can use them to bring out the best of the American Spirit in the decades ahead.

Reviewed by MARK THURSTON, PhD, author of The Essential Edgar Cayce and 18 other books about personal spirituality.

Members of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. enjoy the beautiful Body-Mind-Spirit magazine Venture Inward. Become a member to access current and archive issues of the magazine. News