“Speaking about me. What did he say? What did he say? What did he say about me? Don’t ask.”

Topics in this episode include a rumor about Stephen, Professor Magennis, Æ the mastermystic, drama within Dublin’s occult circles, how Æ helped James Joyce get published, the opal hush poets, Joycean tarot cards, D.P. Moran and The Leader, the horror of a truly clever nickname, mocking bad poetry, the Opal Hush cocktail, Pamela Colman Smith, Helena Blavatsky’s old bag of tricks, theosophy, an American professor’s visit to Dublin, Joyce’s debut in the Dublin literary scene, microcosm and macrocosm, Mr Justice Fitzgibbon, more Tim Healy and Joyce’s ability to hold a lifelong grudge.

Decoding Dedalus: The Opal Hush Poets — Blooms & Barnacles

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