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0% challenge, 100% interest piqued. ... you *or* Terry, a bit of expansion on that would be interesting.
I know what Gnostic means to me -- a Secret Society type of elitism that is vague enough to make me suspect that the substance isn't quite what the mystics would like you to believe that it is -- but not sure what it means to youse.
Come to think of it, James would politely react the same way to a sort of implied 'mystique', wouldn't he? If you've got an idea, lay it on the table.
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Not trying to bang on Jerry Dipoto, either. He's obviously a very intelligent analyst who is in command of his subject. But: yeah.