Tibetan Rainbow Body

[Ya Sam]

The seal on the book is raised , so that might be something like imitating a 
page pasted onto the cover. Pynchon touches upon some Tibetan stuff in 
Vineland (when speaking of Thanatoids etc) so there are some chances he will 
develop it in AtD. Hmm, in terms of the reincarnation doctrine and the 
rainbow body, another reading of the title might be "sealed against the day 
of resurrection".


>From: robinlandseadel at comcast.net
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Tibetan Rainbow Body
>Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:43:45 +0000
>
>The overlay of three different fonts (each suggesting different eras of 
>literary styles and, in a way, different personalities) in the design of 
>the cover of Against the Day, along with the explicitly Tibetian 
>"chop"---Reincarnation? Time Travel? Tripolar Disorder? What ever it is, 
>it's "---not strictly on the map."' and already on our agenda
>
>One more question---does the "seal" or "chop" wrap around the cover of the 
>finished product, or is it (probably deliberately) cut off, the cover of 
>the book being a designed as  a photo of a cover (of another book)?
>
>   -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>"Jalus or jalu or ja-lus-pa- Tibetan - Rainbow Body of Light. The process 
>that enables the body to be reabsorbed back into the light essence of the 
>elements that created it."
>
>  http://www.tantricheartwheels.com/5.2.html

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