MDDM: Chapter 48 "Yet, Geomancer, beware,-"

[jbor]

Cyrus wrote:

> 469.26 "Geomancer"
> 
> I'm curious: Why use this appellation? Is it just Pynchon going occult on us
> again, or is it more? Meanwhile:
> Geomancer: He who practises geomancy.
> Geomancy: Combined; from the Greek words "gaia", earth, and "manteia",
> divination.
> The art of divination by means of signs derived from the earth, as by the
> figure assumed by a handful of earth thrown down upon some surface. Hence,
> usually, divination by means of lines or figures formed by jotting down on
> paper a number of dots at random. (OED)

I got the impression that this whole passage of text is addressing an
(implied?) reader, also nominated as "Geometrickal Pilgrim" (469.24), all
the way down to 470.28. I don't think it's Wicks narrating here either.

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