MDMD(1) - Comments: china

[Thomas Vieth]

First, getting the iron out of the way, it is magnetic and thus 
interfers with compass measurements. It's also one of the major raw 
materials of industrialization, a major point in TRP's work.
Now, the link up to China. I think that China stands metonymically for 
the East as a whole and the polarity of East-West and esoteric-exoteric. 
The luo pan, for instance, is the esoteric equivalent to a compass (in 
today's Chineses it denotes the compass itself). TRP has used esoteric 
devices of the East frequently (i.e. the I Ging that has links to Tarot 
and Kabbalah as well) and it is a reference to the above mentioned 
dichotomy. There's more that we can get to when we get there.
Last, the pigs in GR. One possible pivotal point is the fact that the 
pig was one of the holy animals assiciated with the White Goddess, 
another recurring theme in the works of TRP.
Summarizing, there are always more than just one explanation or level of 
meaning in these recurring themes with TRP.

Thomas Vieth
Down with Triolahidi
Long live Hollerodullyo



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