Book cover for Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self by Mitch Horowitz

Esoterika

Formulas Against the False Self

2026 Released
306 Pages
3-4 Hours
Hardback Unavailable
G&D MediaISBN 9781722528935

A “Philosophy of Results” for our Broken Age

In Esoterika, scholar of esotericism Mitch Horowitz draws upon inner teachings to take a hammer to conformity, whether from peers or our therapeutic and spiritual cultures. Beneath this lies the truer self you have lost.

The ideas and formulas in Esoterika are an astringent solution to familiar wisdom and authorized paths. The book’s principles, Mitch writes, “if practiced seriously, will change you in positive ways. You will be more agentic, expressive, and, hence, happier. For the determined, this change occurs quickly.”

Esoterika reconstitutes neglected fragments from Hermetic (Greek-Egyptian), Abrahamic (Judaic-Christian-Sufi), and modern esoteric, occult, and magickal traditions, and weds them to your lived experience.

Everything in its chapters is meant to be tried. The hour is late. Esoterika is the accelerant for which many have waited.

Mitch Horowitz

Mitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian whose books include Occult America, One Simple Idea, The Miracle Club, Daydream Believer, and Uncertain Places. His work has been translated into Italian, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. He is censored in China. Visit him @MitchHorowitz on Twitter, @MitchHorowitz23 on Instagram, and at MitchHorowitz.com.

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