GRGR(18) - One of the Faithful

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> ----------
> (391.13)  the only strange item [...] was that he
> seemed to be alone. [...] He reports to no known
> allied office.  Yet he is one of the Faithful: [...]
> Pilgrims along the road of miracle, every bit and
> piece a sacred relic, every scrap of manual a verse of
> Scripture.
> ----------
> 
> What do the Faithful seek?  They seek "the Way."  The
> Way is a path to the Divine, Home, the Zero.

At this point in GR, the Faithful seek the Rocket. 
> 
> There is an S&M connection here, which runs through
> GR:  The Faithful is a supplicant seeking guidance,
> seeking the Lord and Master.  

The Rocket is master, Victim and master seek transcendence
in a power ritual that promises no return. S&M is a betrayal
of love and life and death. There is no way out for the
participants. The way out is not sado-masochistic, not
pornographic, not fictional, but there is a way out, an
escape. 

The seeker may resort to
> begging when faced with his own inadequacy.  He may be
> willing to pay (and what does he have which is of any
> worth) for just a glimpse of the Homeland.  This
> payment might entail pain, in greater and greater
> increments...
> 
> David Morris