Research Catalog

Title

Cult & occult / [by] Robert T. Smith.

Author

Smith, Robert T., 1926-2012.

Publication

• Minneapolis : Winston Press, [1973]
• ©1973

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Details

Description

142 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The mystical, the mysterious and the macabre have attracted and repelled people from the beginnings of the human race. There was a time when witches were hunted and burned at stakes and people who were thought to be possessed by demons were shunned or stoned. But in our time--the Aquarian 70s--there has been a dramatic shift in attitude toward those who experience the occult world or are in some way 'spiritually different.' Maxine believes she was alive in Rome during the time of Julius Caesar and that one day in the Forum she killed her husband. Ronald speaks in tongues as a higher form of praying: '...calamandro...kuboosh...haykya...' Lisa, a witch, says, 'There are doctors and businessmen and scientists and people from every walk of life who belong to covens.' Mrs. Faber 'talks' through automatic writing to her deceased husband who has been to other planets. Spiritualists, revivalists, astrologers and exorcists were all challenges to veteran reporter Robert T. Smith. Mr. Smith's 25 years of journalistic experiences have taught him to be skeptical. During his numerous interviews there were events that he said, 'Couldn't be explained naturally.' One reviewer reported, 'Cult & Occult is like a catalog covering all of the unexplainable mystical and spiritual experiences you've heard about in a lifetime. Believers will find in it an affirmation of what they already believe. Others will be fascinated by the diversity.' Cult & Occult is a revealing book. It includes true reports about individuals following paths toward religious rituals, the stars, God, the Devil, peace with nature and the open door to the unknown."--back cover.

Alternative Title

Cult and occult

Subject

• Occultism
• Parapsychology
• Cults
• occultism
• occult sciences

Contents

Introduction -- A man looks back -- Mind control -- The Jesus people -- Astrology -- Exorcist -- Devil worship -- Revival meeting -- A modern bar mitzvah -- Culture shock -- ESP -- Witchcraft -- Communication with the dead -- Voodoo -- Faith healers -- The aura -- Waking the human spirit -- Speaking in tongues -- Contemporary Pentecostals -- Rosicrucians -- The Little People -- Pamistry -- Hutterites -- Street minister -- The mystics -- The Society of Friends -- Reincarnation -- A conversion -- The seance -- Protestant co-op -- Peyote

ISBN

• 003007536X
• 9780030075360

LCCN

72093590

OCLC

• ocm00609426
• 609426
• SCSB-9544079

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library