VL-IV: Chap 10 - Krishna

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I have to confess to a total mental block towards anything remotely religious or spiritual.  Still, the majority of TRP's themes don't fall into these categories, which explains why I'm such a Pynchon fan(atic).

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2009 5:38 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: VL-IV: Chap 10 - Krishna
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>On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
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>> . . . I find it to be as dangerous as the Tanakh . . .
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>Dangerous or no, Pynchon's symbolic order always includes references  
>to Biblical texts [and concepts] along with all the other religious/ 
>mystical concepts he folds into his novels.
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>> Thanks for that tip about Hariprasad Chaurasia.
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>His recordings on Nimbus:
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>http://tinyurl.com/dmfjqd
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>Are about as good as it gets.
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