tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post115400138732365837..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: Middle AgesConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1154091927673645122006-07-28T09:05:00.000-04:002006-07-28T09:05:00.000-04:00Thanks. Both, I suppose, the one going hand in han...Thanks. Both, I suppose, the one going hand in hand with the other. But age presents immediate aesthetic differences, whereas obscurity has no (direct) bearing on sensory qualities.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1154055860085867842006-07-27T23:04:00.000-04:002006-07-27T23:04:00.000-04:00What a lovely essay, Conrad. What a pleasure.Is i...What a lovely essay, Conrad. What a pleasure.<BR/><BR/>Is it age? Or is it them being recondite? Sei Shonagon and I have discussed this many times -- the attraction of things odd, distant, exotic, and -- yes -- obscure. Secrets, mind you, things only we and just a handful of friends, a band of brothers, know about. The hidden grimoire, the secret masonic handshake.Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.com