Uncertain Places | NITE DRIFT with Jim Perry

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. "Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/euphomet and get on your way to being your best self.” Guest; Mitch Horowitz on UFO research and culture, the occult, and his new book Uncertain Places You can join the Euphomet Patreon and gain access to an AD FREE feed: https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/2343248 BIO: Mitch Horowitz s a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. He is among the few occult writers whose work touches the bases of academic scholarship, national journalism, and subculture cred. Mitch is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library and a PEN Award-winning historian whose books includeOccult America; The Miracle Club; Daydream Believer; and Uncertain Places.The Washington Post says Mitch “treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.” He has discussed alternative spirituality across the national media and collaborated with Emmy-nominated director Ronni Thomas on the feature documentary The Kybalion, shot on location in Egypt. Mitch’s books have appeared in Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French, and Chinese. He received the Walden Award for Interfaith/Intercultural Understanding. The Chinese government has censored his work LINKS: https://mitchhorowitz.com/ **** SHARE YOUR STORY! Reach Jim at jim@euphomet.com or record a voice message at sayhi.chat/euphomet **** Like the music played on this episode? Check out the NITE DRIFT / EUPHOMET mixtape on Spotify. **** You can listen to NITE DRIFT with Jim Perry LIVE on Sunday nights at 5pm pst ( 8pm est) on KKNW 1150 AM Seattle or worldwide at NiteDrift.com You can join the Euphomet Patreon and gain access to an AD FREE feed, an archive of the Original Series and be a part of LIVE interactive shows JOIN HERE JIM PERRY | @ItsJimPerry on Twitter | Host, Executive Producer, Founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:23.3	From the hinterlands concealed by fog at the intersection of society and strange this is an interview
0:45.6	series about the unknown and our relationship to it produced by the documentary podcast series
0:50.8	you've met. Here we come in and wander through the big wonder with guests who are thinkers,
0:57.5	explorers, experiencers of the phenomenon that is on the edge of it all. This is Nitrift and I'm
1:04.4	Jim Perry. Tonight, guest Mitch Horowitz discusses topics that evoke widespread misunderstanding,
1:11.3	including the real history of secret societies, the wisdom of the Satanic, the relevance of
1:16.7	narcissism, and the slender but authentic connection between today's spiritual culture and
1:22.0	antiquity, including in areas of hermeticism, deity worship, out of body experience and magic.
1:29.1	He demonstrates that occult roots of wide ranging facets of modern culture, including politics,
1:34.6	abstract art, nine body healing, self-help, and breakthrough scientific fields such as quantum
1:40.2	physics and neuroplasticity. We'll jump right into that conversation in just a minute,
1:45.4	but I wanted to first let you know that you can weigh in on this conversation tonight.
1:50.0	Email me, Jim at ufamette.com, and use hashtag nightdrift on Twitter.
1:55.6	Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today's most
1:59.9	literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. He is among the few occult writers whose
2:05.6	work touches the basis of academic scholarship, national journalism, and subculture cred. Mitch
2:12.0	is a writer in residence at the New York Public Library, and a pen award-winning historian whose books
2:17.2	include occult America, the miracle club, daydream believer, and uncertain places. The Washington
2:23.7	Post says, Mitch treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual
2:29.2	studiousness that is too often lost and today's raised voice discussions. Mitch, welcome to nightdrift.
2:36.5	Thank you, man. Good to be here. So the intro of this very program, I labeled this series as being
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