Mitch Horowitz

Mitch Horowitz is one of the most articulate voices in the modern occult world, a writer who treats mysticism not as superstition but as a hidden thread running through American history. As the former editor-in-chief of TarcherPerigee he shepherded landmark metaphysical works into print, from David Lynch's meditation on creativity to Jacob Needleman's writings on the American soul. His own book, Occult America, traced how mysticism shaped the nation and won the 2010 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and he has since carried these ideas onto television, radio, film and the pages of the New York Times, hosting the documentary The Kybalion shot on location in Egypt and campaigning against the persecution of accused witches.

Both his Sun and Moon fall in Sagittarius, the Jupiter-ruled sign of the philosopher-explorer, and that doubling tells the whole story. His vitality shines through learning, travel and the big-picture search for wisdom, a walking, mobile university radiating jovial curiosity. His inner life, his very peace of mind, is fed by freedom, open-mindedness and the great questions of God, spirit and the cosmos. Here is the born sage, the seeker whose home is the open road of ideas.