VL-IV pgs. 98/99: Postmodern Mysticism

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Pp. 746-749.


Best,
Heikki

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Simon Bryquer wrote:

> I wasn't  thinking, last time I read GR a few times was in 1973 when it was
> first published. Now I remember, Major Weissmann Enzian's lover.  It's about
> time that I read GR again.  What are the pages in the 1973 Viking paperback
> edition that Robin is referring to?
>
> Thanks ----------------  Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: VL-IV pgs. 98/99: Postmodern Mysticism
>
>
> > Simon Bryquer wrote:
> >
>
> >>> Weissmann's Tarot reading
> >>> tarot reading from Gravity's Rainbow how much of it relates to/ displays
> >>> authentic knowledge of Kabbalah?
> >>
> >> I have not read Weissman.
> >
> > the passage Robin referred to was the Tarot layout within the text of
> > Gravity's Rainbow, as applied within the text to the character
> > Weissmann
> > -- so if you have _Gravity's Rainbow_., you have the Weismann Tarot
> > reading.
> >
> > An extratextual book people have mentioned as being good is The
> > Gnostic Pynchon (but I haven't read it myself)
> >
> >>
> >> I don't want to preoccupy the list with this off topic,
> >
> > occult in Pynchon is on-topic; and off-topic is sometimes good anyway...
>