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Sometimes when Scriptwriter George Wells tries to write juve-in-the-groove talk, he betrays his age (51) with the sort of yacketa ("Gee, that's absolutely mystic!") that may make moviegoers under 20 smile and shake their heads sadly. But when he straightens up and writes right, he gets off some pretty cute lines. He (seductively): "Tuggle, are you a good girl?" She (anxiously): "T.V., I don't want to disillusion you." He (eagerly) : "I won't be disillusioned. Say anything!" She (reassured): "Yes. I am." He (stunned...
However, Bergman has chosen to emphasize the philosophical overtones in confrontations between the magician, who performs the inexplicable, and the skeptical doctor Vergerius, whose only desire is to perform an autopsy on Vogler to fathom his mysterious powers. These mystic, irrational powers constitute a threat to the Doctor's peace of mind...
...Arthur Koestler's new book, The Lotus and the Robot: His main conclusion-that it is useless to look to Asia for mystic enlightenment and spiritual guidance-runs counter to fashionable Western intellectual longings. See RELIGION, Ex-Commissar v. the Yogis...
...causing controversy in Britain around his new book, The Lotus and the Robot, to be published in the U.S. next spring. His main conclusion runs counter to longstanding, if vague, Western intellectual belief in the East's great spiritual superiority. Says Koestler: "To look at Asia for mystic enlightenment and spiritual guidance has become as much an anachronism as to think of America as the Wild West...
...Mystic Krishna Menon (no kin to India's Foreign Minister) distressed Koestler with his custom of inviting his followers to reap the spiritual benefits of listening to "the bathroom noises of the Swami's morning toilet." Anandamayee Ma was nearly 63, but she looked like "a gypsy beauty in her forties." She played constantly with her beautiful toes, and disconcerted Koestler by giggling and writhing while she delivered her spiritual wisdom to a rapt audience...