Pynchon, Dante and Divine Light

[Clément Lévy]

Hi David, just check your Dante!
Wasn't Lucifer an archangel, bringer of light indeed, before he  
failed and was punished by god, fell from the sky and dived into the  
abyss of Inferno? His fall created Inferno inside the Earth (that's  
how Hugo  puts it in long and crazy poem called The End of Satan).
Dante (Virgile) calls him "vermo reo che 'l mondo fòra" (horrible  
worm which drills/digs? the world), XXXIV, 108.
I can't spend much time finding other sources, but this one might  
help you!

Le 9 janv. 08 à 02:44, David Payne a écrit :

> Ironically, "Lucifer", as a word, traces back to the Latin "lucis"  
> "ferre" -- "bringer of light."
>
> "Lucis" means "of light" (from "lux" meaning "light", as in "Deus  
> lux est"), and "ferre" means "carry" (as used in "infer").
>
> I understand, however, that Lucifer = Satan is really a case of  
> mistaken identity? A misread biblical passage?
>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 05:32:33 -0800
> From: markekohut at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Fw: Pynchon, Dante and Divine Light
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
> Here's the further tie-in: to that line in AtD that History is  
> about our
> response to light..........(or Who has it exact? )
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 7:00:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Pynchon, Dante and Divine Light
>
> Yes...Clinching, I would say.
>
> So Dante must just have used those philosopers to make the case  
> with reasoning...?
>
>
> Mark Kohut (markekohut at yahoo.com) wrote:
>
> > IF, the Jesuit priest [sic] who wrote that bit about Dante in his  
> History of
> > Philosophy is mostly right, is it possible that whatever was later
> > translated as GOD IS LIGHT
> > was influenced by Dante's "analysis" since the Bible Dante knew  
> was not
> > translated
> > into English when he wrote?
>
> "Deus lux est" (in the Vulgata's Latin) doesn't strike me as terribly
> ambiguous.
>
> - Michael
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