Is the Tristero Made up of Women?

[Robin Landseadel]

On May 18, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> But if the Tristero IS some kind of alternative something  
> (communication system), why
> might it not be 'feminine' in this perhaps-feminist novel about the  
> male-built tower that
> was America then?

Again, "Tri-Stero" suggests a symbol of three stars, suggesting the  
three stars to the moon.

	A crescent moon with three stars is the symbol of witches, along
	with a black dahlia (the flower not the actress).

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_a_crescent_moon_with_three_stars_symbolize

This is never stated directly in CoL49 [then again, there is a lot of  
ritual reluctance going on] but that Witch/Earth Magic/Anarchy thing  
is at the heart of the Panic Movement. Tri-Tri-Tri. . . is certainly  
is associated with the dark/night, attributes attributed to female  
energies [at least in the west.} It's also [in a very roundabout way]  
a tarot thing:

	Tamino, a Japanese prince, hunting far, very far, from home, is
	pursued, after his last arrow has been sped, by a great serpent.
	He flees, cries for help, and seeing himself already in the clutch
	of death, falls in a swoon. At the moment of his greatest danger
	three veiled ladies appear on the scene and melodiously and
	harmoniously unite in slaying the monster. They are smitten, in
	unison, with the beauty of the unconscious youth whom they
	have saved, and quarrel prettily among themselves for the
	privilege of remaining beside him while information of the
	incident is bearing to the Queen of Night, who lives hard by in a
	castle. No two being willing that the third shall stay, all three go
	to the Queen, who is their mistress

http://classical-music-opera.com/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/magic-flute-synopsis.html

	One author claims to have found another key to understanding
	The Magic Flute. Mozart and Schikaneder both played cards.
	The deck they used was a version of the mediaeval tarot deck.
	(The deck of 52 cards we use today descends from the same
	source.)

	The overture and 21 following musical numbers make a total of
	22 different musical depictions. The mediaeval tarot deck
	contained 22 Major Arcana cards, reflecting the physical and
	spiritual forces at work on humans and culminating in the card
	called "The World," which is a balance of all necessary
	elements, light and dark.

	In this view, The Magic Flute puts on the stage living versions of
	each of these physical and spiritual forces, ending with the last
	musical number in which order and balance are restored to the
	realms of Sarastro and the Queen of the Night.

http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk/magflute/flutetxt.html