atdtda: 31 - pg 879

[Bekah]

879.1- 22  "clairvoyante"  female clarvoyant

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879.1- 23 -  more of the same s/m dialogue with Yashmeen taking on  
the role of Cyprian's "tutoress."

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879.32 -  Yashmeen on the courage it takes to break the norms:  "We  
will be as brave as we must."
** reminds me of Joan of Arc telling the Dauphin (don't remember the  
playwright),   "Hang on, Charles.  We'll be in Orléans, We'll march  
right up."

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879.33 -  "Carnivale"  a masked affair in much of Europe but not in  
Venice in 1908-9.
"The Austrians took control of the city on January 18, 1798 and it  
fell into a decline which also effectively brought carnival  
celebrations to a halt for almost two centuries."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice

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879.34=35  "skies too drawn and pallid to weep for the fate of the  
cyclic Christ"
On first glance that would refer to the church year - Christ is born,  
lives, dies, is resurrected and then, the following December is born  
again
BUT!

There is  another version of the Cyclic Christ  (I do note that  
Pynchon does not use a capital on the Cyclic part) - and very (!)   
strange one,  probably a seriously bizarre hoax.   I found it on a  
conspiracy forum

Otoh,  in some ways it does seem relevant, somehow, to what's coming.
=The Disciples of the Cyclic Christ=-
http://www.angelfire.com/goth2/henchen/cult.html

Bekah

ducking




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