I don't know of a CoL49 reference in The Master, but I see the Nefastis Machine as a parody of Scientology's "E-Meter". On Oct 28, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Charles Albert wrote: > Not exactly...... > > Oooops......dropped my harmonica... > > Newbie, go fetch! > > love, > cfa - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l