TRTR - ch 1 afterthought - Lives of Saints? / bull

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, I remember this scene and asked myself why Gaddis had
not made him go blind and I now suggest it may be because
the sun can no longer blind, no longer is strong enough
in Puritan, guilt-laden, Judeo-Christian America....

See Nietzsche especially..



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From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 10:30:17 AM
Subject: Re: TRTR - ch 1 afterthought - Lives of Saints? / bull

On page 39 of the Gass Penguin ed., after Aunt May abuses Gwyon yet
once more before the son, this after Saint Clement's basilica is
connected with the Temple and the Bull, Gwyon, after an apology to his
son, "though he did not look up at him," goes out and looks straight
up into the sun. This scene seems quite significant. Lucifer has been
discussed, the light, images and the Italian visit. Woould look into
Walter Burkert...Bulls etc.

More Hogwash on Creative God & Man:

On St. John of Damascene


http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm


On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> As I keep reading, I notice how much the sun appears full of adjectival
> description in the book.
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> Mithraism, from sun-worship....
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> knew almost nothing about.
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> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 9:56:27 PM
> Subject: Re: TRTR - ch 1 afterthought - Lives of Saints? / bull
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> http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/Mithraism.html
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