On Thomas Ligotti and the Hypnotic Power of Authors Who Share Their Deepest Selves

Today I found myself riding a wave of unexpected energetic motivation as I participated in a number of rewarding conversations on Facebook and Substack involving Thomas Ligotti, philosophical pessimism, cosmic or ontological horror, the nature of the Infinite or Absolute, and the strange communicative power of writing that comes from an author’s most private and personal interiority. My participation in such things comes in bursts. Periods of engagement alternate with periods of withdrawal.

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