Introduction

Earl Fontanelle: The Oxford English Dictionary gives one definition of mysticism as belief in the possibility of union with the divine through ecstatic contemplation. But we also have quite another definition of mystic, or mystical, basically meaning weird occult, ugly, boogly. From the classic Dr. Strange comic book, mystical can also mean woolly headed or characterized by meaningless drively, dreamy sounding nonsense. This is the idea of mysticism we'll be concerned with in this episode and this podcast more generally,. Much as we dig Dr. Strange comics, especially those from the classic Steve Ditko era.