end of CH 7- is Vehi also heavy

[Robin Landseadel]

On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> This is inconsistent with earlier thoughts butt the V is not used  
> lightly in P. Anyway Vehi can also be rearranged as Hevi. Is he a  
> Heavy?

Quite possibly:

	Vehi wasn't just "into" LSD-acid was the medium he swam and
	occasionally surfed in. He got it delivered, possibly by special
	pipeline, from Laguna Canyon, direct from the labs of the post-
	Owsley psychedelic mafia believed in those days to be
	operating back in there.

Names are not named so specifically here, one has to do a little  
research to find out that "the post-Owsley psychedelic mafia" is a  
reference to the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. But it looks like a  
specific reference and as usual for a Pynchon novel this sort of info  
is flung out there with the rest of the mesmerizing overflow of data.  
Sortilège is Doc's connection to Vehi, make of that what you will. I  
suspect there are associations with Geli Tripping in this character.  
Certainly Pynchon often points out the connections between psychedelia  
and psychics—recall Frank's Hikuli trip in AtD. Doc knows he's been  
given a glimpse into the future, but he doesn't like it one little  
bit. Who would? "California tumbles into the sea." Vehi could easily  
be a trespasser.