atdtda: 31 - pg 882

[Bekah]

Page 882

In the "upper room"  Yashmeen,  Reef and Cyprian find old heavy  
furnishings and ...

882: 1    "pale amoretti"

Amoretti is another term for "putto" which are naked  baby angels,  
usually male and similar to, but NOT,  cherubs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putto

Quite a little scene up there on the ceiling.

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882. 10   Yashmeen to Cyprian,   "tesoro"  =   my treasure - a term  
of endearment

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882. 6- .15     Yashmeen arranges a scene,  a set,  a tableaux  with

Reef set to ejaculate,
Cyprian set to accommodate Reef as a temporary receptacle and
herself,  Yashmeen,  legs to be spread around Cyprian's head,  to  
receive Reef's gift.   (go read the book)

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882.21  "fellatrice"   (rare)   a woman - a fellatrix  - who performs  
fellatio,  oral sex in which the penis of one of the participants is  
orally stimulated.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fellatrice
synonym - blow job

AND:  (pretty good, imo)

 From Pynchon- Wiki:
http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php? 
title=ATD_864-891#Page_882

"The conception described here is technically immaculate: Reef  
fulfills the role of the Father, Yashmeen that of Mary, and Cyprian  
that of the Holy Ghost.
Or is this a human instance of three phase electrical generation?
Or an alchemical operation to produce the Philosopher's Stone?
Or the creation of a Moonchild through sex magic ala Aleister Crowley.
Alchemical musings: Person-Sex-Orb-Metal
Reef: male, sun, gold
Yashmeen: female, moon, silver
Cyprian: female/male, mercury, mercury (quicksilver)
Cyprian first receives the seed as the functional equivalent of a  
female and then plants the seed as a male. He changes gender relating  
to his passing through the arch alone -- this also seems  
metaphorically related to the process of photographic plate  
development shift in colors.
This sex shift also relates him to Mercury, quicksilver, a transition  
metal named for a hermaphroditic god. The glyph for Mercury is used  
in biology and botany to mean double-sexed.
Mercury was once used in the amalgamation process of refining gold  
and silver ores. It was central to the practice of the assayer in  
juding the purity of gold and silver ore, and the alchemist in the  
the production of the Philosopher's Stone. Mercury signifies the  
coniunctio or uniting of opposites.
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The author and reader leave the angled trio  - Reef and  Yashmeen  
smiling at each other and Cyprian grateful.

Bekah

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