Witchcraft and Occultism in Colonial and Early America

Описание: Reviewing some books on Occultism and witchcraft in colonial America and later, with a few quick nods to Enlightenment occultists.

Books: "Salem Possessed - the Social Origins of Witchcraft" and "Salem Village Witchcraft - a Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England" by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum; "Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgement - Popular Religious Belief in Early New England" by David D. Hall; "In the Shadow of the Enlightenment - Occultism and Renaissance Science in Eighteenth-Century America" by Herbert Leventhal; "Awash in a Sea of Faith - Christianizing the American People" by Jon Butler; "Prospero's America - John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676" by Walter W. Woodward; "The Theosophical Enlightenment" by Joscelyn Godwin; "A Republic of Mind and Spirit - A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion" by Catherine L. Albanese; "American Metaphysical Relligion - Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World" by Ronnie Pontiac; "The Churching of America - Winners and Losers in our Religious Economy" by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark; "The Dark Side of the Enlightenment - Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason" by John V. Fleming; "Solomon's Secret Arts - the Occult in the Age of Enlightenment" by Paul Kleber Monod.

As well as doing this channel, I am the Priest of Edmonton Sacred Oak Temple, whose NM and FM rites are posted here on Youtube. And I'm one of the book reviewers at Facing North, a site for 'alt-spirituality' reviews.