person
1877–1945·also known as Cayce
American clairvoyant, "the sleeping prophet." McLuhan quoted Cayce to Bob on diet in the summer of 1974 — a small window onto the ESP-and-occult thread that, by Bob's account, ran quietly through McLuhan's life from the "world of kook" he and Theall read in the early 1950s.
Across the dialogues
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The psychic thread — McLuhan quoting "the sleeping prophet," and the early-50s "world of kook"
In summer 1974 McLuhan dispensed diet advice to Bob by citing Edgar Cayce, "the sleeping prophet" — a glimpse of his interest in the psychic.
"I don't think you should eat too many bananas."
McLuhan and Theall were already reading "the world of kook" and looking into alchemy in the early 1950s.
"They read this, the world of kook in the early '50s, and they're looking into alchemy."
Connections
connects toMarshall McLuhan
McLuhan quoted Cayce to Bob on diet in summer 1974 — one thread of his lifelong, half-hidden interest in the psychic.
connects toDonald Theall
McLuhan and Theall were reading "the world of kook" and looking into alchemy in the early 1950s.