"Their pineal glands aglow": Theosophical physiology in Ulysses.
James Joyce quarterly January 1, 2008 Mark S Morrisson 3 citations
This article argues that Joyce's engagements with the Theosophy of the Dublin literary world amount to more than simple parody. In Ulysses, Joyce portrays Theosophy's efforts to offer an alternative understanding of physiology to that of the medical establishment as a form of boundary work, an adaptation of the discourse of modern medical research to fashion modern mysticism as a science....