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Daydream Believer: Unlocking the Ultimate Power of Your Mind
Iconic voice of esoteric spirituality Mitch Horowitz provides today’s most impactful work on how and why your mind shapes reality.
Daydream Believer is Mitch’s this landmark of practical spirituality repairs the gaps in mind-power philosophy and provides a usable, persuasive, and intellectually rigorous vision of why thoughts are causative.
In Daydream Believer, Mitch upends outmoded spiritual concepts and tells the hard-won you experience psychical lives among infinite realms; your mind is an extraphysical and reality-selecting force; and your metaphysical powers are more freely available than you may realize. Daydream Believer
The causal power of a wish alone. How to tap the energies of thought during periods of grief, depression, or anxiety.Why prayer and deific petitioning work.How acknowledgement of suffering is a metaphysical force.The outer reaches—and limits—of mind power.What the ablest critics of mind metaphysics get right and wrong. Unimpeachable scientific evidence of the extra-physicality of thought.
“My hope,” Mitch writes, “is that Daydream Believer takes the last 150 years of experimentation in New Thought to its sharpest peak and sets us on a path for the next stage… If you find my claims bold, I trust that you will find my self-disclosures—necessary for any honest reckoning of practical philosophy—equally so.”
Paris “Convincing…takes us far from naive doctrines.”
Filmmaker “A genius at distilling down esoteric concepts.”
Duncan “Brilliant.”
Daydream Believer is Mitch’s this landmark of practical spirituality repairs the gaps in mind-power philosophy and provides a usable, persuasive, and intellectually rigorous vision of why thoughts are causative.
In Daydream Believer, Mitch upends outmoded spiritual concepts and tells the hard-won you experience psychical lives among infinite realms; your mind is an extraphysical and reality-selecting force; and your metaphysical powers are more freely available than you may realize. Daydream Believer
The causal power of a wish alone. How to tap the energies of thought during periods of grief, depression, or anxiety.Why prayer and deific petitioning work.How acknowledgement of suffering is a metaphysical force.The outer reaches—and limits—of mind power.What the ablest critics of mind metaphysics get right and wrong. Unimpeachable scientific evidence of the extra-physicality of thought.
“My hope,” Mitch writes, “is that Daydream Believer takes the last 150 years of experimentation in New Thought to its sharpest peak and sets us on a path for the next stage… If you find my claims bold, I trust that you will find my self-disclosures—necessary for any honest reckoning of practical philosophy—equally so.”
Paris “Convincing…takes us far from naive doctrines.”
Filmmaker “A genius at distilling down esoteric concepts.”
Duncan “Brilliant.”
275 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 26, 2022
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About the author
Mitch Horowitz
259 books228 followersMITCH HOROWITZ is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and the author OCCULT AMERICA: THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOW MYSTICISM SHAPED OUR NATION (Bantam, Sept '09), which has been called "a fascinating book" by Ken Burns and "extraordinary" by Deepak Chopra. Visit him online at www.MitchHorowitz.com
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July 26, 2023
I’m a big fan of Mitch. I think he has an interesting voice and make fun of me all you want but I’m into New Age material. I found this for a few bucks in an old used bookstore in Montana and took it a long with me.
I believe entirely that Mitch believes what he is speaking and I have good reason to believe him an honest, kind man. That being said he does produce quantity over quality sometimes it seems to me. He has so many mind over matter metaphysics books that it almost diluted their potency. I’ve read a few of his other books and this one didn’t quite inspire me as much.
Still think he’s a fascinating voice and I always look forward to hearing what he has to say next but this felt so similar to everything else I’ve read of his that I felt like I’d read it before.
I believe entirely that Mitch believes what he is speaking and I have good reason to believe him an honest, kind man. That being said he does produce quantity over quality sometimes it seems to me. He has so many mind over matter metaphysics books that it almost diluted their potency. I’ve read a few of his other books and this one didn’t quite inspire me as much.
Still think he’s a fascinating voice and I always look forward to hearing what he has to say next but this felt so similar to everything else I’ve read of his that I felt like I’d read it before.
September 23, 2025
Mitch is such an honest writer and there is no doubt in my mind that as a “seeker” he truly believes in the veracity of mind metaphysics. His passion and personal honesty are refreshing and beyond reproach. He provides great detail, research and footnotes on mind causation, but for me as someone who has been quite inspired by Mr. Horowitz’s breath of work, this one falls short. The topics seemed to jump around too much; as a great defender of the subject he relies too much on academic justification and vernacular that lost me in a few places. That’s not a harsh criticism of him or the book because I don’t feel I was the intended audience…he seemed intent on getting the academic community to take up the challenge of psychical research like his professed hero…J.B. Rhine. Nonetheless, I’m still a big supporter and look forward to his other work.
September 12, 2023
Horowitz explores the power of belief and the role it plays in shaping our lives. He considers himself a Seeker, a term I personally resonate with. In this book, he invites readers into the realm of imagination and the significance of daydreams, arguing that these seemingly idle moments of reverie may have profound influence on our personal development and achievement of goals. In simple, straightforward language, he combines history, personal anecdotes, and scientific research on subjects such as philosophy, psychology, and spirituality to discuss how our beliefs and "thought frecuencies" directly correspond to attracting corresponding experiences to our life.
January 6, 2024
This is both a great primer for where New Thought is now, and solid rough sketch for where it could go in the future. Big props to Horowitz got putting himself out there as much as he does with this - it reads as an extremely personal work. Very worthwhile if you want insight on this thought process without being asked to believe anything, and also seems to be a very good jumping in point if you want to give some things a try. Strong recommend.
February 1, 2023
Is this the worst New Thought type book I've ever read? -- Yes, it is. I've been at this for 40 years and thought maybe I could relate to this but...Mitch made a buck refurbishing (public domain) the old masters works...his own writing is just unbearable...there is nothing here to assist anyone exploring "life , the universe and everything." Just say no...
April 14, 2023
Leaves me wanting more.
That is usually faint praise or even condemnatory. I mean it literally - he recommends finding what you want. Thither I.
He also has some serious, well-footnoted scholarship. His discussion of the scientismatics who reflexively attack psi is worth the cost of the book in itself.
That is usually faint praise or even condemnatory. I mean it literally - he recommends finding what you want. Thither I.
He also has some serious, well-footnoted scholarship. His discussion of the scientismatics who reflexively attack psi is worth the cost of the book in itself.
July 28, 2022
If Mitch’s name is attached to a project I’m instantly sold. The amount of care and depth that goes into his books, classes, and lectures are awe inspiring. I’ve been waiting for this book and it was well worth the wait. This material will linger with me for a long time. I’m not one for writing spoilers but, vast knowledge is embodied here.
October 10, 2022
Time with Mitch Horowitz’s thoughts is time well spent. Lots of big ideas in here. Some retreading? Yes, for sure, but it’s enjoyable and important to see how he continues to integrate new and bigger ideas. Worthwhile in every way!
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