In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords ). Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere — on Instagram and TikTok, and sold at upscale boutiques and pricey wellness retreats. Journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward  the recent surge of New Age influencing American Culture. She looks at self-professed gurus like Love Has Won's Mother God and the mysterious channeler Ramtha, who have built devout followings based on their teachings. 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 Blazing Eye Sees All , 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 from war, the climate crisis, COVID 19, and the myriad of other issues we face. At the same time, she attempts to draw a line between truly helpful, healing ideas and snake oil—helping  us sort through the crystals to find true clarity. "Compelling and colorful."― New York Times "Journalist Leah Sottile’s newest investigation turns itself to New Age promises - required reading for anyone interested in how the COVID-19 pandemic seriously rocked a lot of Americans’ brains."― Our Culture Mag "What’s fascinating about Sottile’s work is that it’s based in science, geography and sociology. She’s able to follow a string of stories, springing from continental drift and Darwin, which stray away from original discoveries and evolve into fanciful myths that have evolved through three centuries, embraced by generations and that people continue to believe today."― The Spokesman-Review "[ Blazing Eye Sees All ] explores the new-age-to-white-supremacy pipeline through the story of the Love Has Won cult, and it's terrifying...I absolutely devoured it." ― Book Riot "Leaving no crystal unturned, Sottile unearths intriguing similarities across disparate fringe groups (near-constant antisemitism, frequent female leadership) that bolster her thesis that cults are a feature, not a bug, of American spiritual life, functioning as an outlet for repressed women enmeshed in patriarchal belief structures. It’s a must-read for cult obsessives."― Publisher's Weekly, starred review "This book, wide in scope and remarkable for its timeliness, is a riveting account of the entire case (which is currently awaiting trial), including an exquisitely researched history of LDS and its fringe offshoots."― Booklist, starred review "A fascinating look into the fun-house mirror of cults and the occult."― Kirkus "A stranger, sadder, and more fascinating journey than I ever expected...A must-read for anyone interested in the many strange corners of the human psyche."― LitHub "I have never read a better - or more entertaining - analysis of so-called New Age Spirituality and its self-anointed prophets than Leah Sottile's  Blazing Eye Sees All . In this book, even the infamous Love Has Won cult doesn't win, but readers do. See for yourself."― Jeff Guinn, author of Manson, The Road to Jonestown, and Waco “BLAZING EYE SEES ALL is a sweeping, well-researched account of the lineage of American New Age thought, from the Pre-American myths and superstitions that thrive in this country’s peculiar psyche to the waves of spiritual charlatans who have repackaged this language and peddled religion –– and prejudice – as product. Sottile excels at unpacking the historical link between the conspiracy theories, bigotry, and New Age spiritualism that are the foundation of today’s toxic political soup.”  ― Becky Cooper, bestselling author of We Keep the Dead Close "Leah Sottile's writing crackles off the page, in a characteristically rigorous yet enthralling glimpse into the nation's fringes. Unflinching and wildly entertaining, Blazing Eye Sees All is a must-read to understand the way genuine world crises generate an effluence of grift, like pus on a wound. This book is a bandage on that wound."― Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords and Wild Faith “Leah Sottile is one of our foremost chroniclers of American extremism, and in  Blazing Eye Sees All  she reveals the conspiracism, fakery, and abuses of power embedded in New Age culture. A fascinating, unsettling, and, yes, enlightening investigation of an extremist movement operating in plain sight.”  ― Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts "I first heard about Love Has Won at the end of the story, when the mummified, glitter-covered body of the cult’s leader was discovered in Colorado. Leah Sottile explores how we got there, and it’s a stranger, sadder, and more fascinating journey than I ever expected.  Blazing Eye Sees All  situate