Word: mysticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mambro had repeatedly visited the country beginning in the mid-1980s. People who met Jouret say he was fascinated by Ayers Rock, the huge monolith sacred to the Aborigines that rises from the desert floor in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. He apparently told acquaintances that the rock's "mystic appeal" had drawn him to Australia and that he had applied to hold a religious service there. The Aborigines, who control access to Ayers Rock, turned him down...
...second scene introduces Charles as the wayward parasite of the "mystic" John. During this scene any faith we may have had in John's psychic powers disentegrates because he explains all of his tricks to Charles. We learn that psychics actually are fruads, that this innocent woman is being taken in by these heartless...
...shows John's self-loathing through his anger at Charles in the end. While it may be coincidental with the heat in the Ex (or was it psychic frustration?) that caused Conolly to sweat profusely when he gets angry, the effect is wonderful. He is convincing both as the mystic and as the cheating shyster. At moments he seems to truly be feeling for Miss A. and then will turn and show his deceptiveness. And ultimately, Conolly is able to carry the bizarre ending, maintaining the fortitude to lie to Miss A. and the audience...
...dream." In his words there was an echo from his own background. Clinton and Nixon found friendship in the last year because of their shared interest in the future of Russia. But - there is also something about that high, lonely and rutted road of the presidency that evokes a mystic camaraderie among the small band of survivors. Clinton at the end quoted a hymn: "Grant that I may realize that the trifling of life creates differences, but that in the higher things we are all one." Was it the wind, or was there a catch in the voice...
...from Germany, are out of their wealthy little minds. They live in a mansion whose ceiling is painted like the Sistine Chapel, with either Siegfried or Roy (who can remember?) in place of Adam. Roy has a "meditation chamber" (the rest of us have dressing rooms) furnished with a mystic rug and cages for his tigers. They wow the crowd with heavy machinery and endangered-species eugenics. I love S&R. They march to the beat of a different drum machine...