Word: esotericism
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Leading the rest in point of authority is a spinster of 50, the last crisp leaf of a Dutch-American tree, incredibly wealthy, intellectual, unable to sleep until dawn and therefore noted for midnight suppers from which her guests escape with difficulty. Her private musicians fill the remaining night hours...
Devotees of these esoteric cults are sincere in their beliefs, although many of their exploiters are out and out charlatans. For dabblers in spiritualism, regular supply houses advertise "zodiac rings," "Arabian Sheik rings," "talismanic jewelry, charms, pendants, brooches, rings, pins, bracelets," hardwood ouija boards, gazing crystals, "destiny charts," "astrological guides...
THE DANCER'S CAT?C. A. Nicholson?Bobbs-Merrill ($2). An ostentatiously esoteric tale, the core of which may or may not be the weird relationship between a young Russian dancer, Lydie Manuiloff, and her Siamese cat, Pasha. Besides this problem in comparative psychiatry, there is a remarkably fine exposition...
The explanation of the great vogue of these periodicals is simple enough. The relaxation and reaction from prurient Victorian prudery has extended to the masses. The post-war restlessness completed the swing and it was accentuated by returning soldiers who had come into touch with French pornographic writing. Formerly, sex...
In this respect I must differ from most people, at least most people around Cambridge. They know the whys and whats or everything, at least almost everything. I don't suppose many of them could tell me just why "Bozo" Snyder and "Sliding" Billy Watson are the leaders in that...