ATD: cover: "seal"

[Ya Sam]

The front page is sealed with the Tibetan seal, so that might be read as 
"Sealed against the day".

>From The Bible: "Do nothing to sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you were 
sealed against the day of redemption” (Eph. 4:30). "

On Tibetan calligraphy, resistance and red ink:


"Tibetans are especially fond of calligraphy. They commonly use it to write 
mantras and prayers with white pebbles on the slopes of mountains. Since 
their invasion, the Chinese adopted this system for their propaganda. It 
occasional delighted the Tibetans, not surely by doctrinal contents but with 
cross-cultural gaffes. "Long life to Mao tse tung" was commonly produced 
this way. As "tshe thung" in Tibetan means "short life", Tibetans thought 
that it was especially funny to have to read "Long life to Mao short life". 
....

"In accordance with the traditional requirements, Dhumkhang La cuts his own 
pens from bamboo, and paints with black ink because red ink is reserved to 
the Dalai Lamas and other major religious leaders. In antiquity, Tibetans 
were known to have used inks made of mother-of-pearl, turquoise, gold, 
silver and other precious materials, but they fell outside the calligraphic 
tradition. "

8 scripts, which of these is on the Pynchon seal? Ah, if I had a book...

Uchan: a script of fine clarity especially appreciated for printing books;
Ume': cursive script equally used for personal and textual purposes;
Drugtsa: a version halfway between Uchan and Ume';
Ume' petsug: cursive script in squarish shape;
Tsugring: a more elongated petsug;
Kyuyig: cursive handwriting for daily use;
Horyig: a squarish version invented by Lama Phagpa, the Tibetan master of 
Khubilai Khan, to adapt Tibetan to the Mongol script, so that Mongols could 
read it;
Loden yigtsa: a highly ornamental squarish script

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/calligraphy/intro.html


Check out also this:

32:3 · The Tibetan symbol for the origins of the universe shows a seed of 
the universe rotating clockwise in the spiral of potential energy. (See the 
sign  in Group 14.)
    The same structure, , is also the coat of arms of the Aztec god 
Quetzalcoatl ("quetzal" = precious, the quetzal bird, plumed; and "coatl" = 
serpent), the feathered snake, most probably a chief from another culture 
arriving in the Aztec empire around the year A.D. 700. Quetzalcoatl 
introduced a new body of knowledge and art, and is believed to have 
discouraged the practice of human sacrifice. He accepted offerings of snakes 
and butterflies though.
    According to the legend he came from the west, was a white man, and wore 
a beard. According to Aztec astrology he was to return at the beginning of 
the sixteenth century. Quetztalcoatl is associated with the planet Venus as 
the Morning star.

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/32/323.html

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