Show HN: The Occult Gatsby
A new interactive web project presents an annotated version of The Great Gatsby, claiming the novel contains hidden esoteric and alchemical codes. The author argues that many American modernist works were intentionally written as manuals for spiritual development.
Why it matters
It offers a unique, albeit fringe, literary analysis that challenges traditional academic interpretations of canonical American literature.
The Occult Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Annotated for Esoteric Content: The Fourth Way, Alchemy, Tarot, and Kabbalah Author is my father, Jon Woodson. I'm the web guy who wanted to bring this to a wider audience with a more interactive way to pop-up the notes about esoteric content. Author's blurb from Amazon self-publishing page: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is a manual for spiritual development. It is not a unique text, for many American modernist novels of canonical stature are similarly grounded in the occult. Fitzgerald was a follower of A. R.
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