There was a teapot, in which Mma Ramotswe — the only lady private detective in Botswana — brewed tea. And three mugs — one for herself, one for her secretary, […]
Here, all we get are a few specks of time where any of this actually makes sense, then I will cherish these few specks of time. — Evelyn Wang, […]
The American psychologist and physician Alfred Adler saw dreams as preparation for action, so I was rather mystified when, about 35 years ago, I dreamed that God instructed me to, […]
Oscar Wilde’s play, Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, is a rather twisted reimaging of the beheading of John the Baptist. The overarching narrative of the play is the desirability […]
The mystery of church history is less of a mystery to solve and more of a heritage to discover. The “mystery” lies in time’s way of clouding the history we […]
The Bible is full of mysteries, a statement that will likely garner “Amens” from lovers and critics alike. But that shared sentiment might quickly divide by asking a simple question, […]
Ever since the publication of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which is generally thought to be the first murder mystery ever published, murder mysteries have captivated […]
‘Gizem Dağl’, or ‘Mountain of Mystery’ in Turkish, is a poem written in the Masnavi form. Writer’s Digest explains that the Masnavi (or Mathnawi) is an ancient form with Persian, […]
The mystic does not bring doubts or riddles: the doubts and riddles exist already. We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery […]
The 2010 television show Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson, adapts the original 1892 book series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur […]
