MDDM ch.69: Forgive me, for what I must...

[David Morris]

I think Carlos Castenada has admitted that his Don Juan character was an 
entirely fictional one, but the practice of begging the forgiveness of the 
prey one is about to kill is ancient in many civilizations.  It is also the 
origin for the animal-totem worship.  I think Joeseph Campbell wrote about 
this.

David Morris

>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Bandwraith at aol.com>
> > [676.13]
> >
> > Not sure if this Daniel is just a pynchonian "wooden"
> > indian or whether there is some historical basis for the
> > sort of behavior expressed by Daniel as he pushes
> > the stakes dipped in serpent venom into the bosom
> > of the earth, and asks forgiveness:
> >
> >     Forgive me, for what I must now beg you to
> >     bear at my hands...


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