col 49: living sense daughters, cyclical frame

[David Morris]

Poignant quote!  "Relative paranoia" Vs. Pure Paranoia.  The all-connection 
of Pure Paranoia is, as Terrance was so apt to point out, RELIGIOUS.  
Revelation wipes away previous borders.  Everything-connections (pure 
paranoia) threaten with an intimacy beyond personal identity.

Only Abusers Lose Drugs.

DM

>From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de  ~~~ in chapter 5 (p. 94, picador 
>edition), hilarius says: "there is me, there are the others. you know, with 
>the lsd, we're finding, the distinction begins to vanish. egos lose their 
>sharp edges. but i never took the drug, i chose to remain in relative 
>paranoia, where at least i know who i am and who the others are. perhaps 
>this is why you also refused to participate, mrs maas?"
>
>  there he could be right. inert oedipa she never spreads her wings. and 
>the novel's end suggests, in my understanding, not the big revelation to 
>come, but a cyclical frame à la finnegans wake: ... to await the crying of 
>lot 49 one summer afternoon ...

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