AtDtDA(34): Zalmoxis

[Mark Kohut]

Much of the religious, spirtual stuff..and its connection (or loss) in the traditional communities, esp. the European, esp, the "Macdonian" communites pervaces Atd....
 
I am reading Eliade a bit..............his take on the way whole communitites are
connected to 'the Godhead" is a major theme of one book......................
The place of the 'tower', the temple, the highest "pole' for that matter.....the 
hallowed space of courtyards within courtyards within the walled perimeter....
stuff we have just been through in the last couple-three hundred pages.......
 
And, of course, the sacred and (benny) profane lines................


--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: AtDtDA(34): Zalmoxis
To: markekohut at yahoo.com
Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 4:24 PM

On 6/25/08, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This passage could almost have been drawn from the Wikipedia entry.
>
>
http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_946-975#Page_957
>
> But notice Eliade is the first wikipedia entry...Eliade is Pynchon's
major source....as well as wikipedia's, I
sugest....................................

This was my (tacit) point as well.  When we finish up here, I may have
to put in some time cleaning up/adding to the wiki ...

> Eliade goes very deep in Against the Day, I say...........as deep as Eliot
in GR, maybe.

How so (sensing way to cajole discussion)?  Often comes up in re: The
Crying of Lot 49, might as well do so in re: V. as well (Benny
PROFANE) ...

... but, of course, I'm behind in finishing up on Tim's behalf.  If
anyone is set to continue, by all means, do so ...


      
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