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...fascinating and magisterial book Mystic Chords of Memory (Knopf; 864 pages; $40), Michael Kammen explores the complicated relationship between history and memory that has existed since America began. What Kammen sets out to do is both modern and old-fashioned: through a careful mustering of detail and theory, he explains that throughout American history, facts have been transformed into myths and myths transformed into beliefs. From the time the Pilgrims may or may not have celebrated Thanksgiving to the "grotesque distortions" of Western history in TV shows like Gunsmoke, Kammen shows how America has reconstructed its past to conform with...
According to the rumor, three psychics on the Oprah Winfrey show in late September claimed to have found the predictions in the writings of the medieval mystic Nostradamus...
...Western Front--at 343 Western Ave. in Cambridge. Call 492-7772. On Thursday: reggae with Mystic Jammer. On Friday and Saturday: reggae with Loose Caboose. On Sunday: World Beat with Cosmos Factory. On Tuesday: jazz with Debbie Kochman...
...Greek, the word [theorist] means seer," says Matlock, who is the department's only scholar of 19th century French literature. "I mean seer not so much as a mystic but as a speculator, someone who redraws and remakes the world to find frames that help us refocus...
...Greek, the word [theorist] means seer," says Matlock, who is the department's only scholar of 19th century French literature. "I mean seer not so much as a mystic but as a speculator, someone who redraws and remakes the world to find frames that help us refocus...