For what it's worth I absolutely loathe this writing style. Just look at this sentence:
> No longer open to the pressing torque of divinities and djinns, we moderns are closed off and shut down, buffered and buttressed, marching efficiently through our merely material world, grim-faced assassins of mystery.
You could say instead: "Since the Enlightenment people believe in magic less."
Come on, "buffered and buttressed", really?!
This article is one close to my heart but the pompous writing put me off.
Ah, yes, an article about deals with the devil should be straight to the point for the effortless efficiency that only the best bureaucracy can provide. As I tell my team, "bottom line up front, folks!". I hope I have understood you here so please understand me - that is meant with irony but not sarcasm. Perhaps there is a reason for the purple prose, if we only could find it.
> No longer open to the pressing torque of divinities and djinns, we moderns are closed off and shut down, buffered and buttressed, marching efficiently through our merely material world, grim-faced assassins of mystery.
You could say instead: "Since the Enlightenment people believe in magic less."
Come on, "buffered and buttressed", really?!
This article is one close to my heart but the pompous writing put me off.