AtD seal translated

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Ya didn't get to page 1081 yet, I see . . . .
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From: "Tore Rye Andersen" <torerye at hotmail.com>
> "Tibetan Government Commerce Chamber"....
> 
> But this is just perfect, and ties right in with one of Pynchon's major 
> themes. It's all about routinization of charisma, isn't it? On learning that 
> the seal was Tibetan, we all more or less expected some sort of mystical 
> insight - after all, Tibet is described in GR as one of the last pockets of 
> Pre-Christian Oneness on the planet, and with that mountain lion and those 
> alluring mountains in the center of the seal, we were more or less led to 
> expect a secret password to Shambhala. Instead we get a cold bucket of water 
> in the head with this prosaic translation. But it does fit right in with the 
> themes of the book: Sacred or magical places like the hollow earth and Tibet 
> are not immune to what Pynchon in AtD (and M&D and GR) describes as the 
> relentless march of capitalism across the globe. Perhaps we'd thought that 
> Tibet was still in some way exempt, but heck: if they've got a Chamber of 
> Commerce up there, even this pipe-dream of a sacred refuge has been denied 
> us. This translation does make perfect sense, but it's also kinda sad... I 
> guess the good ship Inconvenience is our only way out of this broken and 
> sold-out world, after all...
> 
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