rubrics (I like that word), wrecking crews and hugfests

[Ray Easton]

Carvill, John wrote:
> << have difficulty understanding how Pynchon could be writing works
> informed by occultism while at the same time satirizing them as TWITS,
> but willing to consider the possibility... >>
>
> I've often wondered how seriously Pynchon takes that sort of thing. Tarot in GR, ferrinstance. But writing occult-informed/inflected works, and satirising occultism, well, it's that sort of duality that makes Pynchon Pynchon.  


What duality? 


The presence of 'X' within a satire of 'X' is not itself evidence of 
duality.  How would one go about satirizing 'X' without in the process 
informing one's work with 'X'?


Replace the 'X' in the above with "occult", with "conspiracy theory", or 
with whichever is your own personal favorite of Pynchon's hobby-horses.


Ray