pynchon-l-digest V1 #674

[Thomas Vieth]

Has anyone noted yet that there is a certain numerological relevance in 
the number eleven? First, it is the exact difference between the lunar 
and the solar year. Second, it stays for sin as it goes beyond the ten 
commandments. (Sinful, BTW can be detected in the text in this context 
as well.) There are a few additional meanings which escape me presently.

Thomas Vieth
Down with Triolahidi
Long live Hollerodullyo


----Original Message Follows----
Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 1997 08:18:13 -0700
To:	pynchon-l at waste.org
From:	Greg Montalbano <greg.montalbano at ucop.edu>
Subject: RE: pynchon-l-digest V1 #674

Erik Burns, on the 11 days:

>This confusion arose because people found it easier to think in the
>"nominal" terms they were used to - in which one day of the month 
follows
>another in numerical order - rather than recognizing the underlying 
reality
>of what "days" measure, namely the passage of time."
>
>To react like this may seem ridiculous with hindsight..."

Actually, you can view similar "ridiculous" behavior even today, in the
continuing brouhaha over Daylight Savings Time ("It ain't natural", "The
cows don't like it").



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