MDDM Ch. 78

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In a message dated 9/21/02 5:32:55 PM, jbor at bigpond.com writes:


>>764-5 Franklin and Ingvarr  Cf. Dr Frankenstein and Igor<<

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=franklin

          Main Entry: frank·lin 
          Pronunciation: 'fra[ng]-kl&n
          Function: noun
          Etymology: Middle English frankeleyn, from
          Anglo-French fraunclein, from Old French franc
           Date: 14th century
           : a medieval English landowner of free but not noble birth

Ingvarr:  

http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=ingvar

Follow the links and come to:

    "FREYR   m   Norse Mythology
       "lord" (Old Norse). This was another name of the Norse god Ing. 
       Freyr was actually derived from a title of Ing, Yngvi Freyr, 
        meaning "lord Ing". Freyr (or Ing) presided over fertility, sunlight 
        and rain, and was the husband of the frost giantess Gerd."


So, Franklin and Ingvarr: the free but common man, but now with the 
old god of fertility, sunlight and rain, at his command (sort of). 
Interesting inversion- a parable for America?



>>767.26 "this Tohu-Vabohu"


state of chaos, disorder, and utter confusion<<

"Unless..." As Doc hints there is some underlying theme, e.g.:

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/escher/big.asp?IMAGE=order_and_chaos

(note cracked clay pipe, which, of course, is not a pipe)

"...there is not a Visible Soul below." [767.28]  

What about above?

regards