VLVL2(8) 116 Kaballah and Motorcycles

[Dave Monroe]

Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but there
actually is such a thing as a Czech CZ motorcycle ...

http://www.jawa.cz/

http://home1.gte.net/jawaman/

http://www.bikez.com/brand/index.php?brand=52

However, I've no doubt Pynchon spells it out, "Che
Zed" (Italian?), precisely for the allusive
possibilities you mention.  Very good, thanks ...

--- pfm2 <pfm2 at anam.com> wrote:
> 
> "The basic stone bowelflash had come and gone about
> the time DL showed up, all in black including helmet
> and face shield, riding her esteemed and bad red
> and silver Czech motorcycle, the Che Zed,
> overdesigned in every part....."
> 
> The name of the motorcycle is hardly an accident -
> they don't happen here. Just a joke? or what?
> 
> pfm
> 
> Chesed
> "Lovingkindness"
> 
> Chesed is the fourth of the ten sefirot, and the
> first of the emotive attributes within Creation....

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://www.wisdomsdoor.com/tol/chesed.shtml

http://hjem.get2net.dk/333/qabalah/Paths/4chesed.html

http://www.webcom.com/hermit/path/chesed.html

http://www.doomdiva.com/quabalah/chesed.html

http://web.wt.net/~cbenton/kabbalah/chesed.htm

http://www.spirit-alembic.com/chesed.html

http://www.telp.com/tarot/tree4.htm

Noting perhaps especially ...

"The Mercy Seat upon which the Sophia or Illumined
Feminine is stationed ...."

http://www.spiritmythos.org/treeoflife_chesed.html

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