VV(1) - The Inanimate & some Qabalistic skylarking

[David Morris]

Very nice, GQ!

Profane definitely lives in an at least indifferent cosmos, dominated by the 
inanimate, which he sees as nearly malevolent, which could imply a "fallen" 
state per the Qabbala.  Or it could just point to Profane's OWN problematic 
state.

I also like your solution, essentially LOVE.  His rescue by Fina does seem 
to provide Profane a temporary grace from the "hostility" of the inanimate 
world.

Very nice,
Thanks,
David Morris

>From: The Great Quail [CONDENSED]
>
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>>(26.14) (inanimate objects could do what they wanted.  Not what they
>>wanted because things do not want; only men.  but things do what
>>they do, and that is why Profane was pissing at the sun.)
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>
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>(Pg. 83) The man, he, runs one night out to where the wall was,
>begins to toss imaginary rocks about, curses Allah, then begs for
>forgiveness from the Prophet, then urinates on the desert, hoping to
>insult what cannot be insulted.
>---------
>
>The sun and the desert, both inanimate, which can "do what they
>wanted." However, as another character will soon remark (Waldetar,
>pg. 78), "Events between soul and soul are not God's province: they
>are under the influence of either Fortune or virtue."
>
>I think this is an important insight into the nature of the tensions and 
>relationships between the Inanimate and the Animate so fully explored in 
>"V."
>
>Perhaps Benny is such a schlemihl because he is so Animate, so subject to 
>both chance and the virtues of others. (Whether he sees it or not, such as 
>with Fina.) He needs forgiveness and mercy and various other traits he 
>cannot receive from the Inanimate.....
>
>What lies behind the Inanimate? Is it truly the God/Allah of "V."? Which 
>would be a distant, cold, and fairly unconnected Deity This leads me to 
>wonder about the universe of "V." in a Qabbalistic sense. At one end, a 
>blind mechanistic Inanimate God; at the other end Malkuth, the world, 
>prison of the Shekinah. What seems to be missing is the mediating harmony 
>of Tiphareth; the sephirah of equilibrium which is often symbolized as the 
>Seal of Solomon, or a "star of David": An upward and downward triangle 
>juxtaposed. Also of interest, Tiphareth is directly on the vertical path 
>between Godhead and the "fallen" world of Malkuth; with only Yesod, Maya, 
>the "veil of illusion" separating the lowest Malkuth from the sun of 
>Tiphareth....
>
>In my less lucid moments I have wondered if this quest for V. is indeed  
>the quest for the missing half of Tiphareth, the flaming presence of  God, 
>the divine connection that animates our souls of the Malkuth and assures us 
>that the Bride, the Shekinah, Sophia, whatever -- will be reunited, and the 
>Universe will be healed, or completed. Our Edenic loss will be redeemed. It 
>may be notable that some traditions of Judaic Qabalism insist that it is 
>OUR responsibility as humans to bring about Tikkun, or this union with the 
>Divine, this universal healing. We accomplish this by our actions, by love, 
>mercy, and understanding....
>
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