AtDTDA: (8) 222 The Psychical Dective

[kelber at mindspring.com]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>

>
>Maybe it's my personal inattention or whatever, but after re-reading that 
>part it still puzzles me (as must puzzle Lew too) what exactly the 
>responsibilities of a psychic detective are. Nookshaft mentions 'entering 
>further condition', he also points to the fact that 'detective' he means is 
>different from the American one. We learn that Lew's frame of reference 
>would include the 22 human Tarot cards, but what should he do with them? Spy 
>on them? Ensure their security? No specific instructions are given as far as 
>I can see. Help me with this.

The movie "I (heart) Huckabees" is about "existential" detectives who work to ferret out the mystical and psychological connections that cause people to have existential angst.  Something like that maybe?

http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0356721/