The Conjurer and the Prophet
Ruminations on madmen, martyrs, and mountebanks
Megha Lillywhite’s latest entry was that rarest of avians — a blog post that sent my thinking in a new direction. I read many Substack posts that entertain and quite a few that educate. It’s not often I find myself inspired.
Lillywhite’s article talks about the way imaginary worlds create self-fulfilling prop…




