I think Pynchon takes occultisms (not to mention Lemuria or hollow earths) about as seriously as he takes zombies. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote: > I don't know if this is a rhetorical question or not but isn't it a given that Pynchon doesn't--couldn't possibly--take this stuff seriously?