ATDTDA: 542 the "W" term

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Just a thought; On the cover of AtD: the seal (for the moment let's call it a seal) on the cover is the w term. The w term here is Buddhist, and in some sense lies outside of time. It represents Shambalah, or at least an artifact from Shambalah . There is another, magically transformative representation of Shambalah [or at least an artifact from] that serves as a punchline to a long-running Pynchonian thread, very near the end of AtD. The three different fonts, each showing a different layer of time, (coming from recognizable historical layers of typography, sort of like a geological dig) are the x,y &z. Could this be right, or is it so inherently, transparently false as to justify public pilory? Enquiring minds need to know! Now everybody---