[jpt4]

I do so enjoy seeing the casual vivisection of that which tends towards attracting mystical appreciation; what remains intact is all the more deservedly numinous.

For an exactly diametric plunge from the same origin into the rarefied esoteric, there is: https://github.com/mnemnion/ax/blob/master/commentary%20on%2...

[icebraining]

Rarefied esoteric what?

[jpt4]

"Esoteric" as in "the esoteric", its nominalized adjectival [0] guise.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalized_adjective