Contents of Gnosis #35

	#35: The Spirituality of America
	"Looking at American public festivities, an intelligent alien might conclude that we adore a trinity consisting of the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and Frosty the Snowman." - Richard Smoley, from the introduction


	Contents		Spring 1995
	1 Editorial: Read Any Good Books Lately? by Jay Kinney 2 Up Front 6 News & Notes Frederick Spiegelberg: An Appreciation. Pass the Salt, Sulfur, and Mercury. J.G. Bennett's Legacy, 20 Years Later. Occult Historian Francis King Dies. 14 Introduction: The Religion of No-Religion by Richard Smoley A brief excursion in search of the true American faith. 18 Exiled in America by Alison Hawthorne Deming A contemporary writer comes to grips with her Puritan lineage. 28 What Is God? The GNOSIS Interview with Karen Armstrong by Richard Smoley The author of A History of God talks about faith, faiths, and the ineffable. 35 Quetzalcoatl and the Path to Culture by Bruce Scofield How the god Quetzalcoatl symbolizes the dilemma inherent in civilization itself. 40 Meeting the Virgin of Guadalupe by Joanne K. McPortland Why, over 450 years after her appearance, we still need the Lady. 44 The Forgotten Shakers by Chas S. Clifton These nineteenth-century ecstatics were considerably stranger than we may remember. 48 The Transcendental Impulse by Mark Richard Barna Reflections on the New England Transcendentalists and their legacy. 56 Joseph Smith: America's Hermetic Prophet by Lance S. Owens What esoteric roots inspired Mormonism's founder? 66 Encounters on the Native Path by June Huang A woman of Chinese extraction recounts her experiences with American Indian spirituality. 74 Book Reviews The Jung Cult: Origins of a Charismatic Movement by Richard Noll The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book by Rapael Patai The Circle of Sacred Dance: Peter Deunov's Paneurhythmy edited by David Lorimer Prophet for Our Times: The Life and Teachings of Peter Deunov by David Lorimer The Mystery of Light: The Life and Teachings of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov by Georg Feuerstein Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael Cremo and Richard L. Thompson On the Art of the Kabbalah by Johann Reuchlin At the Center of the World by John Michell Mystical Languages of Unsaying by Michael A. Sells Gates of Light by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America by Charles B. Strozier The Millenium Myth: Love and Death at the End of Time by Michael Grosso Witchcraft Today, Book 3: Witchcraft and Shamanism edited by Chas S. Clifton Native American Traditions by Arthur Versluis

#35: The Spirituality of America

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