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[Dave Monroe]

"Preapocalypse," you betcha.  But because I haven't
noticed this mentioned, although I assume it's been
assumed, Ezekiel 37: 1-14, "The Vision of the Dry
Bones" (King James Version) ...

1: The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me
out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the
midst of the valley which was full of bones, 
2: And caused me to pass by them round about: and,
behold, there were very many in the open valley; and,
lo, they were very dry. 
3: And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones
live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 
4: Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones,
and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of
the LORD. 
5: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I
will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall
live: 
6: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD. 
7: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking,
and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 
8: And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh
came up upon them, and the skin covered them above:
but there was no breath in them. 
9: Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,
prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 
10: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath
came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon
their feet, an exceeding great army. 
11: Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones
are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for
our parts. 
12: Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your
graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves,
and bring you into the land of Israel. 
13: And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have
opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up
out of your graves, 
14: And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live,
and I shall place you in your own land: then shall
ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed
it, saith the LORD.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=KjvEzek.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=37&division=div1

And, just for the heck of it ...

http://www.txdirect.net/~tgarner/mccheyne4.htm

Of course, great army or no, dem bones at the bottom
o' Fangoso Lagoons aren't exactly dry and won't be
standing up again anytime soon, but ... but, for what
it's worth (which may or may not be all too much), do
note as well that Ezekiel follows Lamentations
("Crying") here ...

--- "calbert at hslboxmaster.com"
<calbert at hslboxmaster.com> wrote:
> 
> Pynchon and Eliot share more than imagery and a
> fascination with detritus, they are both concerned
> with the "pre-apocalypse" as a repeating phenomenon
> of cyclical history......

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