AtD blurb - "false" religiosity?

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

So the fact that Geli Tripping is as close to one of the "good guys" as anybody in GR holds no water for you? Not that it's necessary for TRP to believe in such things for him to write on such topics. But I detect an ongoing advocacy for freaks in general in his books, and that suggests that our beloved author is naturally drawn to heresy and alternate forms of religious thought. This doesn't make him a witch or warlock (in spite of his obvious advocacy of that Oakley Hall's book), but is anyone about to deny that he is a Wizard, a true star? Closer to Prospero than Caliban, but a Wizard of some sort of cult---note the thrall we are all in here in this great w.a.s.t.e.land. (That one little bit of spellcraft---w.a.s.t.e. itself---"This is magic. Sure---but not necessarily fantasy"). I mean to ask, how can one know as much as he does on these topics without, let us say, getting his hands dirty?
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From: "Michael J. Hußmann" <michael at michael-hussmann.de>
> robinlandseadel at comcast.net (robinlandseadel at comcast.net) wrote:
> 
> > You can run, but you can't hide from Pynchon's interests/obsessions with
> > black magic (and magic from other ethnic groups and color pallettes), at
> > least in Gravity's Rainbow.
> 
> I've been studying Crowley's "Magick in Theory and Practice" during
> boring lectures on theoretical computer science, and the world's various
> religions have always been one of my interests. Books about religion and
> magic make up a sizable part of my library. Still, this did not and does
> not make be believe in magic(k), gods, or goddesses. To conclude from
> Pynchon's undeniable interest in these fields that he is in fact some
> kind of theist is a non sequitur.
> 
> - Michael
> 
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> Michael J. Hußmann
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