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A well-known voice for occult and esoteric ideas, Mitch Horowitz (born 1965 in Queens, NY) is an American writer and publisher of many years' experience with a lifelong interest in humanity’s search for meaning.

Horowitz is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin in New York City. The Penguin Group's Jeremy P. Tarcher imprint is one of the premier Mind/Body/Spirit publishers in the world.

Horowitz is the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation (Bantam, forthcoming September 2009).

A frequent writer and speaker on metaphysical themes in print and on television, radio and the web, Horowitz has appeared on The History Channel, The Montel Williams Show, Coast to Coast AM, and American Radio Journal.

Horowitz' writing has appeared in Parabola (magazine), Esopus (magazine), Fortean Times, Science of Mind (where he has written profiles^[1] on Bono, John Wooden, Barry Zito, Gail Devers, Yolanda King and Christopher Reeve, and with the Religion News Service.

Horowitz is on the faculty of the United States' largest urban holistic learning center, the New York City Open Center^[2], for its annual Esoteric Quest ^[3]. He has presented lectures at the Open Center entitled “The Psychic Highway: New York’s ‘Burned-Over District’ and the Growth of Alternative Spirituality in America”^[4] and “Made in America: The Hidden History of ‘Positive Thinking’"^[5].

At Tarcher/Penguin, Horowitz has published some of today’s leading titles in world religion, esoterica, and the metaphysical. He has also published notable works in philosophy, social thought and politics. His recent titles include the bestsellers Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by Academy Award-nominated director David Lynch^[6] and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck, as well as Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. Horowitz has designed and published popular new editions of the works of esoteric scholar Manly P. Hall^[7], including the widely successful Reader's Edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages. For almost ten years, he has published the works of philosopher Jacob Needleman, including The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders and the forthcoming What is God?^[8]

“In over thirty years of writing books and having dealt with numerous editors from many major publishers, I have never met an editor with the spiritual intelligence and intellectual sensitivity to the meaning of religion that Mr. Horowitz has shown...His pioneering work in publishing can serve as a model for others who until now have been somewhat marginalized by what has been termed the ‘secular establishment’.” -Jacob Needleman

Horowitz lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.

Official Mitch Horowitz Website

Occult America Random House webpage

Video clips from Horowitz appearance on the History Channel's Decoding the Past: Doomsday 2012

Interview with Read the Spirit "Mitch Horowitz knows more about the truly fascinating history of American mystical movements than you’d begin to encounter in a typical class on religious history. In fact, here’s the most helpful religious tip you'll receive today: Right now, mark September 15 on your calendar — the publication date for Mitch’s newest book, “Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation." - David Crumm)

An Esoteric Quest for Inner America Faculty Spotlight – Interview with New York Open Center

Podcast Interview with Occult of Personality

Positive Thinking and Us – Guest Article on The Daily Grail