IVIV, surrounded by a white light....

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I've jumped on the Chandler-reading bandwagon, and in Farewell, My Lovely, he refers to the police interrogation lights as "the white light."  So DOc could be getting into police mode here (if in a milder form than Bigfoot's).

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Brodeur <duwamps at gmail.com>

>> 
>> Throw off an idea about why P writes that Doc went into Chick 
>> Palace "surrounded by a white light"....is this a 
>> self-referential allusion ala above, or is the white light 
>> pot smoke? a joke about going in with a kind of halo, a 
>> numinous glow? 
>
>I know new-agers who visualize themselves as surrounded by white light as a
>sort of protection ritual. Given Doc's trepidation at entering and the deep
>breath that precedes this, I took it as something similar here. I don't
>remember this being done in 1970, but I spent most of my hippy days in the
>hinterlands.
>
>"Another way to protect yourself, whether you're religious or not, is to
>imagine the Creators pure white light coming
>from above. Imagine this light empowering you, covering you, protecting you.
>Now imagine this white light has
>turned into a bubble around you, feel its warmth, its protection, feel its
>Love. Nothing negative will penetrate
>this bubble." - http://www.evergreenparanormal.com/Prayers.html
>
>David Brodeur
>