Bodysurfing

[eburns at gmail.com]

>I was taught that Christ was the body of >the Church and that he was a fisher of >men, i.e., one who pulled men out of the >sea and to himself.

This idea is explored to great effect in Wm Gaddis' The Recognitions.

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:40:50 
To: <bandwraith at aol.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Bodysurfing

Hm. Odd I never made that association before. My Pa was a minister and I,
in my anti-faith, researched the literature well and I don't recollect
coming across the sea as the body of the church. I was taught that Christ
was the body of the Church and that he was a fisher of men, i.e., one who
pulled men out of the sea and to himself. Jung, of course, a theologically
literate type, associates water in general with the chthonic, pre-conscious
darkness. From that perspective, walking, gliding, or sailing over it,
while a dicey bit of work, is precisely the business of the conscious
(awakened, enlightened) people of the world.

Surf's up!

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 4:46 AM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> Yea! Well, there are many different priesthoods in our complex modern
> society, whose collective motto might be: "Obfuscating you is just the
> nature of our game."
> Science and literature as much as religion, in that regard. But the sea is
> still the sea, and we shall see whose left standing, or swimming as the
> case may be, come Lemuria- a garden for octupi.  Occupying octupi, one
> would hope...
>
> Happy New Year!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lee momonin <momonin at gmail.com>
> To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>
> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Fri, Dec 28, 2012 7:07 am
> Subject: Re: Bodysurfing
>
>
> therefore happy new year!
>
> Following the mood of bodysurfing
> http://www.zuguide.com/#Being-**There<http://www.zuguide.com/#Being-There>
> the garden will make you happy too
>
>

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