the Qlippoth, walking shells of the Dead

[j minnich]

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>Is there some brave soul, (un)wittingly 
>turned demon or remaining one of gravity's
>angels, who understands something of 
>the context of Pynchon's use of the Qlippoth, and
>who thinks they can discuss this as bit?
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>yours wayyy humble,
>
>Eric 

You've probably read Malcolm Lowry's _Under the Volcano_.  If not, it should
be a rewarding read in this context.  There's also Perle Epstein's
ponderously-titled book, _The Private Labyrinth of Malcolm Lowry: Under the
Volcano and the Cabbala_, which appeared in 1969 and may now be rare or hard
to find.  Of course all this only refers to the literary use of Cabbalistic
lore, which I imagine to be rather diletantish compared to the "real thing."
Pynchon's use or exploiting of this sort of arcana only seemed convincing to
me when I was a lot younger.   -j minnich
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...The poet is dead.
Nor will ever again hear the sea lions 
Grunt in the kelp at Point Lobos.
Nor look to the south when the grunion 
Run the Pacific, and the plunging
Shearwaters, insatiable, 
Stun themselves in the sea.  
   -Wm. Everson