Word: mysticisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...captured the peculiar spirit of 18th century England. On the one hand, there was the century's sense of discovery and pride in scientific investigation, which resulted in a wealth of tools and inventions and, in due course, the Industrial Revolution. On the other, there was its almost mystic appreciation of nature. A rare exhibition of Wright's paintings, drawn entirely from the Paul Mellon Collection and currently on display at Washington's National Gallery, shows that Wright was marvelously attuned to both impulses...
...together we will flow into the mystic...
...Morrison is generally able to sustain lyrics with more finesse. He wavers between seeing love as a cure-all and seeing it as the cause for all the trouble in the world. There is something of the gypsy in his words, and something of the mystic-both in combination with the adolescent lover...
...sailed into the mystic...
...Another important element in Singer's work is the cast of demons, goblins, and witches who drift in and out of his stories with all the caseof spirits passing through a wall. It is hard to ask Singer to analyze the supernatural and the mystic element of his work: for as he once remarked. "To ask a writer what elements he used in writing is like asking a chicken what chemicals it used in laying an egg." Yet supernatural forces and the wisdom of the Cabbala (a Jewish book of mystecism) play an important role in his life...