MDDM Ch. 70 Vis Fulgoris

[Dave Monroe]

"Here is a Creature made of Water and Earth,-- Clay,
that is, and Minerals,-- as if an Indian Mound of the
West, struck by Lightning, had risen, stood, and,
newly awaken'd, with the Vis Fulgoris surging among
all its precisely fashion'd Laminae, begun,
purposefully, to walk." (M&D, Ch. 70, p. 685)

Vis Fulgoris = course of lighting ...

Main Entry: ful·gu·ra·tion 
Pronunciation: "ful-g(y)&-'rA-sh&n, "ful-j&-, f&l-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin fulguration-, fulguratio sheet
lightning, from fulgurare to flash with lightning,
from fulgur lightning, from fulgEre
Date: 1633
1 : the act or process of flashing like lightning
2 : ELECTRODESICCATION
- ful·gu·rate  /'ful-g(y)&-"rAt, 'ful-j&-, 'f&l-/
transitive verb

Main Entry: lam·i·na 
Pronunciation: 'la-m&-n&
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural lam·i·nae  /-"nE, -"nI/; or
-nas
Etymology: Latin
Date: circa 1656
1 : a thin plate or scale : LAYER

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

Pli selon pli, fold upon fold ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0202&msg=65196&sort=date

And we've noted the vis fulgoris of those Pynchonian
thunderbolts before, e.g. ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0008&msg=48836&sort=date

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