The Pursuit of Happiness Is Not a Gnostic Ideal

Ronnie Pontiac joined the Virtual Alexandria to discuss his new book, American Metaphysical Religion. Many assume pious Christians founded America. Yet the truth is that this entire continent has always been a bubbling stew of religions – many of which are shamanistic and occult. Are there any original American religions? Where is spirituality heading in the 21st century? From Native ecstatic movements to colonial Kabbalah & Hermeticism, from 19th Spiritualism to Meme Magic, we thread a needle to find an authentic American Metaphysical Religion.

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