Dusting off a forgotten essay about the intersection of political utopianism, esoteric sciences and millenarian religion in 19th century Americahttps://reciprocalcontradiction.home.blog/2020/04/08/the-invisible-landscape/ …
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Spontaneous combustion is a longtime fave. When I was wee kiddo, during a family vacation, I watched a show about spontaneous human combustion. Spent the rest of the trip convinced I was going to explode at any moment, totally ruined the experience. 10/10
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It's the absolute holy grail of literature. I had a similar experience. One summer before going to junior high, I read Bleak House. That spontaneous combustion scene shook me with a thrill for macabre. I started reading everything about it for the rest of that summer.
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