GRGR(15): Enzian of Bleichrode (was:Enzian, nihilism, ...)

[David Morris]

>From: Jeremy Osner
>
>What's up with Enzian's relationship with Weissman?

(314.33) "Enzian of Bleichrode"

This is a special title, distinguishing Enzian from his other identities.  
What does it mean?  Does this designate his new ancestry via Lord Blicero?  
Or is it geographic?  "Nordhausen/Bleichrode" here links the two: Death's 
realm and Master.  Enzian's been Motherless since before memory.  His new 
ancestry is male ,Blicero, and north, Death.

This section begins with a story akin to those in the Gospel where Jesus 
teaches his disciples a lesson.  The "white engineers" seek advice from E of 
B (the Black).  He points out their error:  Arrogance.  They rely on their 
equations.  Enzian advocates the empirical as revalation.  Thus we have a 
contrast of approaches to Truth which one might expect to be "pro" Vs. 
"anti" Rocket.  But here both are in the service of the Rocket.  These are 
complimentary pairs on the same side, not opposites.

What IS up with Enzian's relationship to Weissman?

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(100.23) What did I make of him?
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Blicero loved Enzian, so it seems from his remembrances.  The boy sought 
Blicero's love in a way so pure it sent shivers down his spine, especially 
with its "blasphemy": a turning of Blicero's world.

Later, Enzian's embrace of Weissman's world leaves him abandoned in the 
North.  His love was sacraficed to the Rocket.  But back in the Southland, 
Gottfried's later mirror image, red & brown to become yellow and blue, 
Enzian was all new, not cynical.  Was Weissman also so pure then?

Enzian changes.  He follows his Father.  In the process, Enzian grows cold, 
just as Slothrop grows numb.  Enzian is a typos of Slothrop.

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(318.35)  As the Rocket grows toward its working shape and fullness, so does 
he evolve, himself, into a new configuration.  He feels it.  It's something 
else to worry about.  Late last night, among the blueprints, Christian and 
Mieczislav looked up, abruptly smiled, and fell silent.  A transparent 
reverance.  They study the drawings as if they were his own, and 
revelations.  This is not flattering to him.
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Next comes the passages where we learn Enzian's goal.  This is a revelation 
to Us Readers.  Enzian seeks a Center.  The Origin and the End.  Is this 
also the Zero?  Has Enzian been polluted beyond redemption, or is he a 
Her(er)o, seeking out a true balance?

Probably the first.  Is Slothrop's pollution also beyond redemption?

David Morris

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