Word: esotericism
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The moving of the United States navy into the Pacific has shown that the Federal government is aware of the immediate danger of American implication in an oriental war. This danger makes an intelligent popular opinion not only desirable but necessary. Yet until now public ideas on the subject have...
So these new painters, the "Surrealistes" attempt to discover a world that is objective, non-abstract, meaningful, and yet inaccessible to the camera. They depict a world of the subconscious imagination, more real than conventional reality, fantastic in so far that it is opposed to the logic of our every...
A week later, this same study son of the middle border was engaged in esoteric argument in conference with an instructor, when, in the heat of the discussion, the instructor trailed off into silence, and a musing, wistful look came into his eyes. "Is it true," he asked. "that the...
European movies that this reviewer has seen have three regrettable characteristics. The first is an irritating slowness of action, a habit of dragging out all scenes to the end and beyond. The director does not seem to trust the audience to understand what is going on merely by a series...
If "Reducing," the current feature at the University, were not funny it would take its place along with the Seven Wonders of the world. There is scarcely an ingredient necessary for "slap-stick" that has not been included in its bundle of tricks. To begin with there is the incomparable...