today is Pentecost Sunday, important in Pynchon

Michel bulb at vheissu.net
Mon May 16 05:20:15 CDT 2016


And, by coincidence, Whitsunday this year is also die kalte Sophie, the 
last day of die Eisheiligen (GR, 281)

Michel.


Op 16-5-2016 4:44, David Morris schreef:
> And it's not 6x6 (666666) because 3 means establishment.  It is the 
> first number after the two poles of duality.  Duality is a constant 
> fight.  Three is its first attempt of union. It is the first odd 
> number (because 1 was prior to the concept of odd), and as such it is 
> a stabilizing force.  So 666 is the establishment of imperfection, 
> sin.  66666 would be a much less stable establishment of sin.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:20 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com 
> <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     BTW,
>
>     The number 6 indicates less than perfection, AKA Sin.  Thus the
>     meaning of 666.
>
>     David Morris
>
>     On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 9:59 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
>     <mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost
>
>         The 50th day after Easter. And the 49th new day after Easter. 
>         Both numbers have significance:
>
>         Pentecost: 50
>         http://mysticalnumbers.com/number-5/
>         Five (5) is the number of Man (humans).
>         Ten (10) is a multiplier.
>         50 (5x10) is man augmented to the first power.
>
>         But the underlying number is the 49 days before Pentecost, the
>         force that made Pentecost happen.
>
>         http://mysticalnumbers.com/number-7/
>         Number 7 is the number of perfection.
>
>         Perfection is another word for completion (the end of a
>         cycle).  49 days is 7x7 days. Completion, perfection times
>         perfection. Complete completeness.  The END.
>
>         Then comes Pentecost:  Man Augmented.  The new man.
>
>         David Morris
>
>         On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 7:58 PM, Mark Kohut
>         <mark.kohut at gmail.com <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>                 Did you know...
>
>             Pentecost Miracle
>             <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eichst%C3%A4tt-Spitalkirche_%282%29.JPG>
>
>             /Pentecost Miracle/
>
>               * ... that Bach
>                 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach>'s /*O
>                 ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe
>                 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_ewiges_Feuer,_o_Ursprung_der_Liebe,_BWV_34>*/ (O
>                 eternal fire, o source of love) was a wedding cantata
>                 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantata> before he
>                 adapted it for Pentecost
>                 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost> /(pictured)/?
>
>
>
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