Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Did the ancient Greeks have outside toilets? Up-to-date archaeologists interested in esoteric problems heard last week about a handy way of finding answers to such questions-for a latrine's humus-rich contents have magnetic properties that vary from the earth around them.
Let them cry in their theological beer. Let them feed each other with their esoteric jargon. But let them recognize their theology of despair for what it is: abnormally introspective and unfruitful in its repeated affirmation of meaninglessness.
Seattle's fair, like all fairs, has its critics; they grumble that concessionaires are ignoring fair standards, that some states have made poor showings, that the cultural attractions are too esoteric, that the fair's approaches are a natural for traffic jams. But the fair, nonetheless, is a...
For instance: the heroine of this picture (Janet Blair), wife of a sociology professor in a small English college, is a witch. Having learned black magic from a sorcerer in Jamaica, she comes back to Britain laden with abracadebris (dead spiders, pickled fingers, esoteric herbs) and secretly begins to bewitch...
Britain's David Jones is a painter by inclination, but twice in his long life he has taken time out to write a book. In both cases, the books were highly unorthodox and highly acclaimed in esoteric circles. W. H. Auden called Anathemata (1952) "the best poem written since...