Blazing Eye Sees All - Love Has Won, False Prophets and the Fever Dream of the American New

"Journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward American New Age culture. Today, tarot cards, astrology, and crystals are everywhere--from Instagram and TikTok, sold at upscale boutiques and pricey wellness retreats. Sottile investigates how the recent surge of interest in New Age ideas speaks to a culture that is woven into the very fabric of America, and how self-professed gurus like Love Has Won's Mother God and the mysterious channeler Ramtha have built devout followings because of it. For more than a century, this pastel-colored world of love, light, and enlightenment has been built upon a foundation of conspiracies, antisemitism, nationalism, and a rejection of science. In [her book], Sottile seeks to understand the quest for New Age spirituality in an era of fear that has made us open to anything that claims to bring relief"--

About the author

Leah Sottile is the author of When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow Chad Daybell, and A Story of Murder, Wild Faith and End Times. Her investigations, features and essays have been published by The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic and High Country News. She is the host of the investigative podcasts Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine and Bundyville. She lives in Oregon.

Summary

An investigation of the New Age movement in America aims to understand its appeal to women and the self-proclaimed prophetesses, like Love Has Won's Amy Carlson, who've created kingdoms for themselves within it.

Product details

• Authors: Leah Sottile
• Publisher: Grand Central
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9781538742600
• ISBN: 978-1-5387-4260-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, True Crime, RELIGION / Spirituality, TRUE CRIME / General, RELIGION / Cults, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Spirituality & religious experience, United States of America, USA, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Spirituality and religious experience, Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects