Since esotericism is not a single tradition but a vast array of often unrelated figures and movements, there is no single historical thread underlying them all.

This is supposed to let you follow a historical thread over the years.

Wynton Marsalis as host provides the historical threads and the introductions.

Dutch by upbringing, Mr. Buruma manages to pick up on nuances and historical threads that other writers might easily overlook.

But it being summer and practically the 127th anniversary of the battle, it seemed as good a time as any to unravel a historical thread.

These memoirs have proven to be a strong historical thread of this community, which without her forethought, would have been lost forever.

However, without additional historical discoveries, it is unlikely that an indisputable historical thread can be established leading to the city of Buffalo's naming.

With its many historical threads, the museum weaves together a rich tapestry in which every 19th-century French artist can be situated in a way that was impossible before.

It is the scrapbook of London clubmen, the gossip you might expect of England - "with historical threads," says Rose.

He sought historical threads that connect past to present while also observing the discontinuities that separate past from present.