Re. the "Slothropite heresy"

[Richard Fiero]

Terrance wrote:
>jbor wrote:
>  It is strange that you seem
> > to be arguing that history, as it happens (which is the perspective from
> > which Pynchon's narratives consider it), is somehow predetermined.
>
>For example?
>
> >
> > > Only Tyrone
> > > thinks that maybe there is a way back, maybe after total
> > > destruction brings total anarchy,

It is always anarchy since there is nothing from the outside 
directing the events in here.

> > Isn't Tyrone's point that the post-War Zone is just such a fork, where
> > another path forward might be possible (cf. his own symbolic crucifixion at
> > that madalic crossroads earlier on).

The crucifixion is itself symbolic. Perhaps it is symbolic of 
the giving up of ratiocination -- the source of evil and 
discontent. I don't believe a bunch of dead guys who wrote a 
bible have anything on Pynchon who is far more in touch with 
cultural fabrics and archetypes, if you will.


>Yes, but he also thinking about a route Back.
. . .

Going back (to the Mother) is failure and death. To be 
transformed and to be individuated one must suffer death. To be 
reborn one must die. This is what heroes do by not going back. 
The not going back is the struggle itself.
Gnostics admit evil (the inanimate) into the divine realm. Hide 
under God's throne and stay out of his sight if you don't want 
him to fuck you over as he did Job.