pynchon agnostic? II

[thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet]

On 10/03/03 8:10, "Richard Fiero" <rfiero at pophost.com> wrote:

> Let's not be quite so hasty. Recall the recently quoted flawed
> OED definition of entropy, but let's continue.
> A PowerPoint presentation starting with Genesis might include:
> 1. Adam and Eve are in the Garden undifferentiated and innocently spontaneous.
> 2. Adam eats the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge when Eve as the
> Divine Sophia of Reason rather than the Great Mother takes the
> initiative of introducing critical intelligence.
> 3. Adam and Eve are cast out of innocent integration and are
> prevented from returning by a Flaming Sword, possibly the
> divisive cutting edge of analysis. Adam's curse then condemned
> him to earn his living by the sweat of his brow.
> (Since human intelligence can know things only through the
> screen of words, naming things constitutes Adam's original sin.)
> 4. In order to circumvent the Flaming Sword and to regain our
> oneness, we require a ritual which provides us with intelligence and autonomy.
> 5. Let intelligence in the form of the Word by deified and then
> let the Word be sacrificed.
> 6. The Logos or Word becomes flesh and is sacrificed along with
> the products of analysis, the binary pair of criminals.

BRAVO!