M&D Deep Duck Soulless?

[Joseph Tracy]

Both the appearance and disappearance of the Dog draw Mason further into a shaken netherworld . What serves as joke and koan for the reader is presented as Mason's experience for a reason. This may be as close to metempsychosis as he will ever be, but seeing is not believing and the Dog was a rationalist and a jokester,( but would he know his soul's position, velocity or direction anymore than a man who was once a dog.) The problem of verification of data is set forth and while the science of this time seems to be firming up his position and distance from other points in the cosmos, it reveals little of where he goes and whether the things he loves can survive the journey. 





On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:14 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Ditto. This "rational person hoping for ghosts" take reminds me of Pale Fire - the rational poet, in his grief, is desperate to see a ghost. Somehow, the belief in ghosts, seems folksier than organized religion, to the point where the rational, the atheistic can give themselves a free pass to contemplate such phenomena, while still refusing any formalized belief in an Afterlife.  
> 
> Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net>
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>> I'd buy that.
>> 
>> On Jan 15, 2015, at 7:06 AM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>> 
>>> Interesting in terms of Mason's frequenting of hangings, a place where souls might be departing bodies on a regular basis. Maybe he was looking for some evidence of that.

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