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May 4, 2022 · Horowitz's parents were Jewish, his father immigrated from the Russia and his mother was born in the United States; much of his family perished in the Holocaust. He is the husband of author Cynthia Palmer, and the father of Winona Ryder and Uri Horowitz. Sources California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Name: Michael D Horowitz; Age: 43; Est. Birth ...
- Brooklyn, NY
- Cynthia Palmer Horowitz
- NY
- December 11, 1938
Michael Horowitz may refer to: Michael C. Horowitz (born 1978), American international relations scholar. Michael D. Horowitz (born 1938), American author and archivist. Michael E. Horowitz (born 1962), Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice. Michael J. Horowitz (born 1964), American electrical engineer.
Winona Laura Horowitz was born in Winona County, Minnesota, to Cynthia Palmer (née Istas) and Michael D. Horowitz. Her mother is an author, video producer, and editor, and her father is an author, editor, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller. He also worked as an archivist for psychologist Timothy Leary (Ryder's godfather).
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The son of a legal aid attorney and a medical secretary, Horowitz grew up in Bellerose, Queens, before moving to New Hyde Park, New York. He was raised in a traditional Jewish household and had an Orthodox bar mitzvah. He developed an interest in the occult through books of folklore at his local public library, book-club catalogs at elementary scho...
Horowitz is the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation, which received the 2010 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, and was noted for exploring the impact of occult and esoteric philosophies on mainstream politics and culture; the Washington Post stated that "Horowitz teases out fascinating stories of the 'dr...
Horowitz has appeared on television shows including Vox/Netflix's Explained; History Channel's Ancient Aliens; The UnXplained with William Shatner; and The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd; and the Travel Channel's Mysteries at the Museum. Horowitz hosted, co-wrote, and produced the 2022 documentary The Kybalion, directed by Ronni Thomas and shot on l...
Horowitz was a vice-president at Penguin Random House and editor-in-chief of TarcherPerigee, its imprint focused on spirituality and metaphysics. Horowitz published titles in world religion, esoterica, and the metaphysical, as well as works in philosophy, social thought and politics, including Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and C...
Happy Warriors: The Lives and Ideas of the Positive-Mind Mystics(2024)Modern Occultism: History, Theory, and Practice(2023)Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult and Outsider Experiences(2022)Daydream Believer: Unlocking the Ultimate Power of Your Mind(2022)- November 23, 1965 (age 57)
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Michael Horowitz has 52 books on Goodreads with 6824 ratings. Michael Horowitz’s most popular book is Gypsy Rhythm (Volume 1): A Tutorial For Gypsy Jazz ...
Nov 2, 2020 · Better known to Australian TV audiences as Sloppo the Clown, Michael Horowitz rarely talked about his extraordinary past. Now, his granddaughter-in-law has pieced it together in a new book
Michael Horowitz and Cynthia Palmer are the directors of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library in San Francisco, the only library in the world exclusively devoted to the literature of mind-altering drugs. Michael Horowitz was Timothy Leary's archivist and is coauthor of The High Times Encyclopedia of Recreational Drugs. Palmer and Horowitz live in northern California.
