Grasping for V. Group Read: first V. mention; second sighting

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:

> On Jun 13, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Ian Livingston wrote:
>
>> There is also the matter of Mercury as the messenger, and Mercurius  
>> as
>> the agent of alchemical transformation. That V on page 2 points east,
>> toward Malta.
>>
>> Then, too, I wonder about the artificial light thing. I've been sort
>> of toying with an idea of the solar light of the Celtic Heaven (The
>> White Goddess, 98) versus the lunar, captive light of imperfect human
>> knowledge.
>>
>> Any takers on that?
>
> Dang!
>
> Now where's that Psilocybin . . .

Another reading of "Against the Day"—a wall-to-wall re-write and  
correction of TRP's earlier novels, esp. "V.".