VV (1) - More fun with the Qabalah

[Otto Sell]

Their structure is binary. Just in short:

Astrology:
4 quadrants, 12 signs, 12 houses, 4 elements (water vs fire, air vs earth),
weak vs strong, personal vs cosmic, individual vs environment. (Douglas
Lannark: rennark at hotmail.com)

Tarot:
Big vs Small Arcanum, 4 groups: Wands, Cups, Swords, Discs. Knight vs Queen,
Prince vs Princess. Universe vs Aeon, Sun vs Moon, Star vs Tower, Devil vs
Art, Death vs Hanged Man, Lust vs Fortune, Hermit vs Adjustment, Chariot vs
The Lovers, Hierophant vs Emperor, Empress vs Priestess, Magus vs Fool.

I Ching:
every hexagramm consists of broken or unbroken lines, "Yin and Yang" (GR
278).
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(Mong)

Séance:
living vs death, humans vs ghosts, this world vs the spiritual world.


...and not to mention chess...

regards
Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
To: <o.sell at telda.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>; <quail at libyrinth.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: VV (1) - More fun with the Qabalah


>
> Just a quibble, but I would hardly call "Astrology, Tarot, I Ching,
Seances"
> binary.  Did you really mean that?
>
> >From: "Otto Sell" With this long catalogue of binary, esoterical
"systems"
> >in GR like Astrology, Tarot, I Ching, Seances etc it would have been a
case
> >of missed opportunity if the Qabalah hadn't been 'incorporated' into this
> >novel.