Horus vs Set, the gator hunt

[Ian Livingston]

Oh, and re your closing statement: All hail the one american political
party, the Dupes for Plutes, its two schools are barely discernible! I
agree, fuggumall as they fug us.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> The first visit in V to Egypt focuses on a rivalry for the affection of
> Victoria Wren in which Hugh Bongo Shaftsbury appears as Horus the
> hawk-headed god of Lower Egypt. Horus is the God of Protection, of the Sky,
> Of War( don't worry about those predators, those drones, those mercenaries,
> those bankers; they are only here for your protection. Horus is identified
> with the pharoah and civilization and exists in opposition to Set . Set
> (also spelled Seth, Sheth, Sutekh, Setan or Seteh) is an ancient god, who
> was originally the god of the desert, storms, darkness, and chaos. In
> Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Σήθ (Seth).(Wik) This is also the
> name of Adam and Eve's 3rd named son, who is identified with  a gnostic
> tradition which has animal human deities.
>
> Set is identified with upper Egypt and Horus with lower Egypt but it seems
> like a battle between empire and the wilder hunter-gatherers and pastoral
> tribes. In one story Horus is badly beaten and appears dead and is revived
> by the god of writing; papyrus was abundant in Lower Egypt.  In a directly
> relevant Horus myth,  Horus fights with and conquers a crocodile who
> represents an aspect of Set.
>
>  Pynchon appears to this reader to be overlapping images of this age old
> battle all through his writing history. Already in V there is a density to
> this theme that shows colonialism, conquest and missionary conversion as
> much as an inner force as an outward one. It also shows the difficulty of
> controlling a myth. The rats see the socialist tendencies of the gospels,
> Fairing's doings show the inherent problems of devouring your "flock",   The
> rats argue, the alligator turns to face whoever it is:  horus,  Benny, the
> marines, Ceasar,  the gestapo, the Israel commandoes, the hired killer.
> Profane tells the gator he is sorry.
>
>  "  "I'm sorry," he told the alligator. He was always saying he was sorry.
> It was a schlemihl's stock line. He raised the repeater to his shoulder,
> flicked off the safety. "Sorry," he said again. Father Fairing talked to
> rats. Profane talked to alligators. He fired. The alligator jerked, did a
> backflip, thrashed briefly, was still. Blood began to seep out amoeba-like
> to form shifting patterns with the weak glow of the water. Abruptly, the
> flashlight went out.  "
>
> What is primarily  sacrificed in heroism is the feminine. Boot camp includes
> every permutation of degrading mothers and other "pussies". In these 2
> chapters Benny's compliance is contrasted with Rachel's challenge to
> Schoenmaker.
>
> Esther says no, meaning yes, Veronica wants to become a nun.  I myself
> aspire to be a peasant with my own land, growing my own food, who is willing
> to have his head lopped of for the pleasure of saying fuck you to the
> emperor. Obama, George, Bill, Mr Goldman, if one of your ears is out there,
> I just want to say fuck you, fuck your drones, fuck your golf game , and
> fuck your fucking dog too.



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