Columbus, Ohio — The small group sat in the chapel of a Northeast Side church, fans whirring as they closed their eyes and listened to the soothing, hypnotic voice of William Carpenter tell them they ...

Scroll through a news article about frequently googled Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and you may come across a reference to the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz.

The New Age author was drawn to an esoteric bible in the 1970s. It made her a self-help megastar. And now it has gone mainstream. By Sam Kestenbaum In the living room of an apartment near Wall Street ...