Karma and the Conservation of Energy

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Wed Mar 4 08:42:07 CST 2009


On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:28 AM, David Morris wrote:
> Karma is essentially the spiritual equivalent of the Law of
> Conservation of Energy, which is probably why Pynchon is so attracted
> to it.

Eggs-acktley. While issues of justice [mostly deferred] saturate  
Pynchon's first three novels, karma [mostly realized and made  
physically manifest] moves the plots forward in the latter three.

On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:28 AM, David Morris wrote:

> As Karmic adjusters, DL & Takeshi should be receiving compensation
> from the living, although it’s never indicated how or if this in done.
> And as Karmic adjusters, they are essentially psychopomps.

. . . living off the pennies on the eyes of their passengers on the  
river Styx?

Do Thanatoids have jobs, income, "lives"?





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