Welcome to Esoterica
Esoterica is a magazine for those not well equipped to quiet their brain, who inhale thoughtful articles on topics that hover near the periphery of popular culture and the news agenda and ruminate on them for weeks, much to the chagrin of their lovers, partners, and co-workers.
As Leonard Cohen so poignantly wrote: “Somebody Said Lift That Veil.” Well, that someone is us. Welcome to Esoterica, the magazine that will bring your brain back to the post-pandemic world.
Leah Eichler
Big Ideas
Tarot and Talk Therapy
By Elizabeth Michaelson Monaghan Most of us are eager for information that reveals a hidden truth, or a solution to a seemingly intractable problem. Talk
The World is Struggling to Manage its Aging Population
By Bernd Debusmann Call it baby bust and oldster boom — two trends that signal a demographic transformation without precedent in human history. In much
Goodbye American Democracy, Hello Civil War?
By Bernd Debusmann, “The United States is coming to an end. The question is how.” That is the opening line in a book entitled “The
Tarot and Talk Therapy
By Elizabeth Michaelson Monaghan Most of us are eager for information that reveals a hidden truth, or a solution to a seemingly intractable problem. Talk
The World is Struggling to Manage its Aging Population
By Bernd Debusmann Call it baby bust and oldster boom — two trends that signal a demographic transformation without precedent in human history. In much
Goodbye American Democracy, Hello Civil War?
By Bernd Debusmann, “The United States is coming to an end. The question is how.” That is the opening line in a book entitled “The
Musings
That Quote Has a Ring To It …
By Robert Basler, On June 4,1989, the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was in the Reuters office in Beijing, taking notes from our
Traveling the World from My Sofa
By Bethany Browning, Sure, Squid Game is exciting, but have you seen those videos where people walk through a city for an hour? The concept
Psychedelics and the Holocaust: A Journey Into Ancestral Memory
By Seth Lorinczi, My midlife crisis came a few years ago. It arrived right on time: I was in my 40s, married with a young
That Quote Has a Ring To It …
By Robert Basler, On June 4,1989, the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was in the Reuters office in Beijing, taking notes from our
Traveling the World from My Sofa
By Bethany Browning, Sure, Squid Game is exciting, but have you seen those videos where people walk through a city for an hour? The concept
Psychedelics and the Holocaust: A Journey Into Ancestral Memory
By Seth Lorinczi, My midlife crisis came a few years ago. It arrived right on time: I was in my 40s, married with a young
Interviews
The Interview: ‘Watch out for Her’ by Samantha Bailey
This week on Esoterica Mag we bring you an interview that is as captivating as the thriller being discussed. This is the riveting story of
The Interview: “How to Solve a Cold Case” by Michael Arntfield
In this episode we meet Michael Arntfield, a cop-turned-criminologist and professor at Western University, where he founded the Cold Case Society, an unsolved-crimes college think
The Interview With Bruce Farrell Rosen
In this episode, we speak with Bruce Farrell Rosen about his book “Bombed in His Bed: The Confessions of Jewish Gangster Myer Rush.” Myer Rush
That Quote Has a Ring To It …
By Robert Basler, On June 4,1989, the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was in the Reuters office in Beijing, taking notes from our
Traveling the World from My Sofa
By Bethany Browning, Sure, Squid Game is exciting, but have you seen those videos where people walk through a city for an hour? The concept
Psychedelics and the Holocaust: A Journey Into Ancestral Memory
By Seth Lorinczi, My midlife crisis came a few years ago. It arrived right on time: I was in my 40s, married with a young
Fiction
A little of this, a little of that. A collection of new fiction, articles and other published works that are currently touching my heart. Stories thread our lives together and unite us in the shared human experience.
Chickamauga
By Andrew Clark, At first, Catherine Davis thought some kids had played a prank. On the front lawn of her Riverdale home were two piles:
The Carnival
By Geeta Johal, Samuel glances over his shoulder and sees the moon spilling into the sea. He dusts his leather jacket, hides a gun under
Some Kind of Magic
By Ken Giesbrecht, I dreamt of you last night as I have so often this past year. It is the same dream It
Chickamauga
By Andrew Clark, At first, Catherine Davis thought some kids had played a prank. On the front lawn of her Riverdale home were two piles:
The Carnival
By Geeta Johal, Samuel glances over his shoulder and sees the moon spilling into the sea. He dusts his leather jacket, hides a gun under
Some Kind of Magic
By Ken Giesbrecht, I dreamt of you last night as I have so often this past year. It is the same dream It
The Interview
The Interview: ‘Watch out for Her’ by Samantha Bailey
This week on Esoterica Mag we bring you an interview that is as captivating as the thriller being discussed. This is the riveting story of
The Interview: “How to Solve a Cold Case” by Michael Arntfield
In this episode we meet Michael Arntfield, a cop-turned-criminologist and professor at Western University, where he founded the Cold Case Society, an unsolved-crimes college think
The Interview With Bruce Farrell Rosen
In this episode, we speak with Bruce Farrell Rosen about his book “Bombed in His Bed: The Confessions of Jewish Gangster Myer Rush.” Myer Rush
