V-2nd, Oxgoad thread
Ian Livingston
igrlivingston at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 11:32:26 CDT 2010
Ah, interesting catch on the spinal chord. I'd not have thought of
that. I think the Zen thing is, as you say, pretty obvious, once
noted. P sums up the idea beautifully in very few words. Kundalini,
now.... That's and interesting thought. I suspect Hindu ideas may have
been filtering in with the gathering Eastern wave that broke over the
West in the 60s. Would P likely have knowledge of Kundalini? I don't
know.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I cannot locate Ian's oxherding link to the word oxgoad but why else would
> P use that word?......starting to 'bury' his incipient--or developed?---Buddhism
> in little bits of larger scenes and riffs?....
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> And, twice within these surrounding pages we have a woman's spinal cord alluded
> to, once as such a source of pleasurable sensations....................
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> I see, possibly, Kundalini energy leading to Tantric sex?.....or am I just a
> dirty old man?
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