Prosthetic Paradise(2) Enfetishment&MS (fwd)

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:

> 
> Paul schrieb:
> 
> > It is not a moral exercise but an
> > esthetic one.
> >
> > Or maybe not
> 
>          
>         Or maybe "It is not a political exercise but a spiritual one"?! - KFL
> 

Perhaps, though 'spiritual' is a funny word for me because its noun
form has the primary meaning (I guess) of the BREATH that gives potential
matter actual existence and since I have been conditioned by science to
view existence in terms of monism I feel cut adrift--where might be
situated the 'spiritual' for me? Fortunately the word also pertains to the
realm of the imagination, which certainly is a realm in which Mr. P works.
And, yes, spiritual is also akin to religious, and clearly reading Pynchon
is a religious experience--nevermind who is standing in for the Divine
Being. So, yes, I agree.

			Agreeably,

			P.